OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Susan Ruff
53 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 6, split in 21, district prevailed on all issues in 26.
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- Student v. East Whittier City School District (consolidated)East Whittier City School District's 2014 assessment upheld; no IEE, and Student's claims about assessment, participation, and timelines denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School District (consolidated)Riverside Unified prevails: speech services for a student with autism were appropriate despite the parents' apraxia claim.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified must reimburse $22,693.25 for ignoring an assessment request and not implementing a reading programSplit decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified must provide 32 hours of compensatory instruction for missed placement and summer days; transportation claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. High Tech Middle North CountyHigh Tech Middle North County's manifestation finding in knife expulsion upheld, but the charter must hold an IEP meeting to offer services.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. Huntington Beach Union High School District et al. (consolidated)Huntington Beach Union High may place student at a locked Utah treatment center; all claims against both districts denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Del Mar Union School District v. StudentDel Mar Union School District may not assess a first grader without parental consent; the ALJ found no suspected disability.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must reimburse $43,811 in private school tuition after IEPs lacked appropriate behavior supports; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Brea Olinda Unified School DistrictBrea Olinda Unified's manifestation determination upheld; ALJ finds the student's ADHD did not cause the conduct behind his expulsion recommendation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Julian Charter School et al.Julian Charter School's proposed special day class denied a student with Down syndrome FAPE in the LRE; aide-documentation claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified must provide 24 hours of psychotherapy for delaying an IEE response; August 2012 nonpublic school offer upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- San Diego Unified School District v. StudentSan Diego Unified's February and May 2012 IEPs offered FAPE; district need not fund private Pioneer Day School placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School District (consolidated)Garden Grove Unified defeats all of Student's claims and defends its assessment, but attorney consent letters count as valid consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School District (consolidated)Garden Grove Unified wins on all issues: 2009 claims fail and its 2011 nonpublic school offer is found to provide FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ocean View School District (consolidated)Ocean View School District's July 2011 IEP with a district-run ABA program offered FAPE; parents' predetermination and eligibility claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified need not provide curb-to-curb transportation after a transfer or a one-to-one aide; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fallbrook Union High School DistrictFallbrook Union High School District must reimburse $9,000 for Fusion Learning Center after predetermining placement at an OAH-ordered IEP meeting.Student prevailed on all issues
- Temecula Valley Unified School District v. StudentTemecula Valley Unified's May 2011 offer of an Oak Grove day program was a FAPE; no residential placement required.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alta Loma School District et al. (consolidated)Alta Loma School District must fund OT, APE and AT independent evaluations; IEPs upheld and Lindamood-Bell reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must repay $54,847.68 in private school tuition and fund Star Academy after failing to assess a privately placed student.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified proves its social/emotional assessment and functional analysis assessment were appropriate; no publicly funded IEEs required.District prevailed on all issues
- Grossmont Union High School District v. StudentGrossmont Union High School District may move student to Chaparral High School for up to 45 school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School District et al.Poway Unified and the Department of Developmental Services win on all claims; ALJ finds no denial of FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oceanside Unified School DistrictOceanside Unified should have found student with ADHD eligible under OHI by April 2010; 32 tutoring hours ordered.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified must reimburse $39,490 for summer and fall 2008 services; later IEP offers found to provide FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues (5 in part)
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified's March 2009 IEP offered FAPE despite parents' absence; district may implement it without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide special education to an adult student in county jail, plus a year of compensatory services.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified did not deny FAPE by refusing real-time captioning (CART) for a high-achieving middle schooler with hearing loss.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified denied FAPE by failing to find a student with diabetes eligible under other health impairment by March 2009.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified's autism class offer and home-to-school transition plan provided FAPE; all of Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. East Whittier City School DistrictEast Whittier City School District must reimburse $7,320 for private speech therapy; autism class placement for preschooler upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 14 issues (1 in part)
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's speech-language and occupational therapy assessments upheld; district need not fund independent evaluations for preschooler with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Coronado Unified School DistrictCoronado Unified must reimburse $2,645 in tutoring costs for failing to timely review and revise a high schooler's outdated IEP.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Murrieta Valley Unified School DistrictMurrieta Valley Unified prevails: settlement-funded Big Springs therapy was not a procedural violation and did not become stay put.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 5.5 hours of missed speech therapy; settlement-services and behavior-aide claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Saddleback Valley Unified School District v. StudentSaddleback Valley Unified loses bid to move seventh grader to an interim special day class after a knife incident.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Adelanto Elementary School District (consolidated)Adelanto Elementary owes 210 Lindamood Bell hours and 114 speech therapy hours for missed eligibility; may conduct behavior assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 12 issues (1 in part)
- Carlsbad Unified School District v. StudentCarlsbad Unified's 2008 general education IEP offer with learning center support offered a FAPE; district may implement it without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified must reimburse $90,453.55 for private school, ABA, reading and speech services after denying FAPE for two years.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Lancaster Elementary School DistrictLancaster Elementary School District wins all four claims over a mental health referral that stalled because the parents kept the signed consent form.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's February 2007 IEP met a student's occupational therapy and sensory needs; all of the parents' claims were denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District et al.Temecula Valley Unified and Riverside County Mental Health denied FAPE by failing to reassess student after hospitalization; behavior plan claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified denied FAPE by holding an IEP meeting without the parents after refusing to reschedule so their attorney could attend.Student prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's assessments of a 15-year-old with autism were appropriate; the District does not have to fund an IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified's triennial assessments were appropriate and its May 2007 IEP offered FAPE; District prevailed on all issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified's IEPs denied FAPE over G-tube feeding and transition plan gaps; assessment upheld and most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 18 issues
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified may assess a 10th grader without signed parental consent after the mother failed to respond to its assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School District (consolidated)Poway Unified offered a FAPE through its adult transition program, and it provided one in 2005-2006; all of the parents' claims were denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. High Tech Middle Media Arts School et al. (consolidated)High Tech Middle Media Arts may exit eighth grader from special education despite failing to assess visual processing.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- Orange Unified School District v. StudentOrange Unified may reassess a 12-year-old after a conflicting private evaluation; the district's request for sanctions against the parents was denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified must reimburse Prentice School tuition after failing for years to address a student's anxiety-based shut downs.Split decision: student prevailed on 14 of 22 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Tustin Unified School District et al.Orange Unified and Tustin Unified prevail on all 18 issues; ALJ rejects residential placement for student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified prevails on ABA, LRE, and therapy claims; brief stay-put gap found, with reimbursement per stipulation.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)