California OAH special education order · December 21, 2018
Order to File Audio Recordings on Thumb Drives and Compact Disc by Electronic Transfer
OAH Case No. 2018070708 · ALJ Alexa J. Hohensee
OAH ordered Student to file by electronic transfer, by January 3, 2019, the IEP meeting audio recordings and a voicemail recording submitted on thumb drives and a CD, because Student had not complied with an earlier order.
This case went to decision
Student v. Tehachapi Unified School District: Tehachapi Unified must provide 44 hours of speech therapy, social skills sessions and two IEEs; most other claims denied. (2018)
Summary
On November 19, 2018, OAH ordered Student to file by electronic transfer the audio recordings of IEP team meetings that were referenced at the hearing. Those recordings were on a thumb drive submitted at the hearing and on another thumb drive mailed to OAH. Student did not comply, so OAH again ordered Student to file the recordings from both thumb drives, plus a recording of Mr. Ferrell's October 31, 2017 voicemail on a compact disc, by January 3, 2019. Student's counsel must also contact OAH staff for transfer instructions and must file and serve on Tehachapi an index of each thumb drive's contents, with a proof of service.
Why it matters
Audio recordings offered at hearing must be properly filed with OAH so they become part of the record. Parties who rely on recordings should follow OAH's electronic filing instructions promptly and serve an index of the contents on the other side.
People named in the order
- Anthony Corella, OAH staff contact for electronic transfer instructions
- Mr. Ferrell, Individual whose October 31, 2017 voicemail recording was submitted (role not stated)
Topics
Full text of the order
Published text of the OAH order. Page headers and numbers from the original PDF have been dropped.
BEFORE THE
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of:
PARENT ON BEHALF OF STUDENT, OAH Case No. 2018070708 v. ORDER TO FILE AUDIO RECORDINGS
ON THUMB DRIVES AND COMPACT
TEHACHAPI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISC BY ELECTRONIC TRANSFER
DISTRICT.
On November 19, 2018, Student was ordered to file by electronic transfer the audio recordings of IEP team meetings referenced at the hearing, which were included in a thumb drive submitted at the hearing and another thumb drive mailed to the Office of Administrative Hearings on November 14, 2018. Student has not yet complied with that order.
Student shall file the audio recordings contained on both thumb drives, and the recording of Mr. Ferrell’s voicemail message of October 31, 2017 submitted on a compact disc, with OAH by electronic transfer on or before January 3, 2019.
Student’s counsel shall contact Anthony Corella at 916-263-0550, for instructions on how to electronically transfer the audio recordings to OAH, and shall separately file with OAH and serve on Tehachapi an index of the contents of each thumb drive and a proof of service.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATE: December 21, 2018
ALEXA J. HOHENSEE
Administrative Law Judge Office of Administrative Hearings