OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Trevor Skarda
19 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 2, split in 6, district prevailed on all issues in 11.
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- Student v. Pajaro Valley Unified School DistrictOn remand from federal court, ALJ again rules for Pajaro Valley Unified on child find, SLD eligibility, and assessment claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Shandon Joint Unified School DistrictShandon Joint Unified must fund a year at Beacon Day School, plus OT, PT, a new FAA and $4,112.44 in reimbursement.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 15 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Sylvan Union School District (consolidated)Sylvan Union must provide two years of pragmatic speech services for failing to assess social language; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified prevails on an 18-year-old's assessment claims: older claims time-barred, and the parent revoked consent to the 2008 plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Fremont Unified School District v. StudentFremont Unified's psychoeducational assessment of a 12th grader was appropriate; district need not fund an independent evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified is not responsible for a student who lived in Clovis Unified; entire due process complaint dismissed.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Reed Union School DistrictReed Union School District predetermined a student's placement and must train staff; ALJ upheld the Olive special day class offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. Elk Grove Unified School DistrictElk Grove Unified's finding that an 18-year-old's threats against football coaches were not a manifestation of his disability upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Benito High School DistrictSan Benito High School District must add IEP goals and a VI specialist in math and provide 50 compensatory hours to a blind student.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Manteca Unified School DistrictManteca Unified must return a 17-year-old student to her placement after ALJ finds kicking incident was a manifestation of disability.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Hemet Unified School District et al.Hemet Unified is responsible for a student's FAPE after she left a county juvenile court school for a Colorado residential center.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Mojave Unified School DistrictMojave Unified prevails on all claims; failure to write up behavior assessment was a harmless procedural error.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Department of Education (Orange County Office of Education) et al. (consolidated)Orange County Department of Education stays responsible for a juvenile court ward's FAPE after his release to a Wyoming residential placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Sylvan Union School District v. StudentSylvan Union may reassess a student with autism under its April 2006 plan, but its IEPs did not offer FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified wins all claims; ALJ finds an unmotivated student with ADD was not denied FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School District (consolidated)Corona-Norco Unified prevails on all issues; parents' refusal to allow reassessment ended Student's FAPE entitlement from June 2005.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pajaro Valley Unified School DistrictPajaro Valley Unified prevails on all claims; ALJ finds student not eligible for special education under the SLD discrepancy test.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Ramon Valley Unified School DistrictSan Ramon Valley Unified's one daily period of resource math provided FAPE; parents' claim for private tutoring reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Colton Joint Unified School DistrictColton Joint Unified prevails on all claims over a student's 2004 IEP, nonpublic school request, and eligibility category.District prevailed on all issues