OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Tara Doss
20 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 1, split in 6, district prevailed on all issues in 13.
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- Student v. Modesto City SchoolsModesto City Schools prevails on all six claims about a graduated student's goals, services, placement, and May 2022 diploma.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must fund 450 tutoring hours and return a student to a public special day class after an improper virtual placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 20 issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund two years at Perkins School for the Blind after denying a blind student FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)Irvine Unified must reimburse about $51,143 in Prentice School costs for failing to file for due process; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 29 issues
- Student v. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified must fund 455 hours of compensatory services for distance-learning failures in aide, academic, and speech services.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 23 issues
- Student v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School DistrictPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified prevails on all seven claims; OAH refuses to enforce the parties' private tolling agreement.District prevailed on all issues
- Plumas Lake Elementary School District v. StudentPlumas Lake Elementary may implement a kindergartner's speech IEP without parental consent; ALJ finds no need for a device-based goal.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified's IEP for a student with autism in a moderate-severe class upheld; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified wins all claims challenging goals, aide, speech services, placement, and technology in a student's 2019 IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; no reimbursement owed for Westmark School tuition or a private psychological evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Monica-Malibu Unified prevails on all claims; fifth grader with ADHD and mood disorder properly found ineligible for special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's April 2018 academic and psychoeducational assessments were appropriate; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must fund 52 compensatory hours, a full-time 1:1 aide, and general education placement; 2016 claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 17 issues (2 in part)
- Redondo Beach Unified School District v. StudentRedondo Beach Unified's 2017 psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Alhambra Unified School District v. StudentAlhambra Unified may implement its high school special day class offer without parent consent despite unclear service entries.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified prevails on all claims over four IEPs; no reimbursement for private Arete Academy placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union must reverse its manifestation finding, reinstate a ninth grader, and expunge her expulsion over Snapchat messages.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vista Unified School DistrictVista Unified must fund psychoeducational and speech-language IEEs and train staff after a deficient triennial reevaluation.Student prevailed in part
- Upland Unified School District v. StudentUpland Unified may reassess a fourth grader without parental consent; parent cannot limit test choice or timing.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may conduct a high school student's triennial reassessment without parental consent after the parent refused the assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues