Other orders
129 California OAH special education orders on other orders, newest first, each with a plain-English summary. Search and filter these orders.
2026
- Order to Show Cause as to Why Matter Should Not Be Dismissed for Failing to Appear at the Prehearing Conference; and Setting New Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH ordered Student to show cause why the case should not be dismissed after no one appeared for Student at the prehearing conference, despite a reported pending settlement, and reset hearing dates.
- Order to Show Cause Why Student's Complaint Should Not Be Dismissed for Failure to Appear and Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH ordered Parent to explain by August 12 why Student's complaint should not be dismissed after no one appeared for Student at the prehearing conference, and continued the conference and hearing.
- Order Denying Motion for Finding of DefaultOAH denied Student's motion for a finding of default against Tahoe Truckee and Sierra because special education law has no summary judgment procedure and Student cited no authority for a default remedy.
- Order to Show Cause Re Reassignment to Another Administrative Law JudgeOAH set a telephonic trial status conference after Student objected to reassigning the decision to a new ALJ, because the hearing ALJ had a medical absence after the hearing ended.
- Order to Show Cause as to Why Matter Should Not Be Dismissed for Failure to ProsecuteOAH ordered Parent to show cause why Student's non-expedited claims should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute after Parent missed two scheduled prehearing conferences despite knowing the dates.
- Order Denying Motion to Bifurcate and Determination That Student's Motions to Compel, Interim Temporary Order, and Review Language Following Removal Are MootOAH denied Student's motion to bifurcate the statute of limitations question because it overlaps factually with the merits and would not end the case, and found Student's earlier motions moot after amendment.
- Notice of No ActionOAH denied Student's motion to seal the decision or remove it from OAH's website, because the IDEA requires hearing decisions to be made public once personally identifiable information is removed.
- Order Denying Student's Request to Seal OAH DecisionOAH denied Parent's request to seal, remove from its website, or limit publication of the expedited hearing decision, because the IDEA requires decisions to be made public once personally identifiable information is removed.
2025
- Order Denying Motion to Bifurcate HearingOAH denied Cupertino's request to first decide whether it had a basis of knowledge of Student's disability, because splitting the hearing would delay resolution, duplicate evidence, and break expedited timelines.
- Order Granting Motion to Strike Student's Closing BriefOAH struck Student's written closing brief because it was filed at 7:28 PM, after the clear 5:00 PM deadline, without any request for leave or notice of technical problems.
- Order Denying Father's Motion for an Open HearingOAH denied Father's motion to open the due process hearing to the public, without prejudice, because Mother wanted it closed and nothing showed which parent holds decision-making authority under any custody order.
- Order Directing Service of Amended ComplaintOAH ordered Parent to serve Laguna Beach with a complete copy of Student's 178-page amended complaint by May 12, 2025, because the district disputed receiving the full document.
- Order Dismissing Due Process Hearing Request for Failure to AppearOAH dismissed Student's non-expedited due process case because no one appeared for Student at the hearing, even after OAH called Parents and held the hearing open for 30 minutes.
- Order Regarding Notice of No Action on Student's Filing of Exhibits, Argument and Other Documents, and Order Regarding Appropriate Filing of Written Argument and Hearing ExhibitsOAH refused to consider dozens of Student filings because they lacked proof of service, were unauthorized argument, hearing exhibits, or piecemeal complaint additions, and ordered Student to stop such filings.
- Order Requesting Clarification of Parties' Stipulation on the Record to Student's Specialized Physical Health Care ServicesOAH ordered the parties to file a signed written stipulation by March 14, 2025, clarifying their on-the-record agreement on Student's specialized physical health care services, or the stipulation will be stricken.
- Order Denying Request for Entry of DefaultOAH denied Student's request for default against Fremont Union. Nothing in the law bars a district from the hearing for a late response, and the late response did not delay the hearing.
- Order of ClarificationOAH clarified that its Decision requires Long Beach to offer Student the collaborative co-teaching program at the school closest to Student's home school that currently has an opening, not necessarily Riley Elementary.
2024
- Order Clarifying Issue 9ALJ corrected Issue 9 during the hearing to match Student's complaint. As corrected, the issue asks whether Los Angeles Unified predetermined exiting Student from special education before the October 23, 2023 IEP, without parental consent.
- Order Granting Redlands Unified School District's Motion to Strike Inadvertently Submitted DocumentOAH granted Redlands' unopposed motion to strike a statutory offer the district had filed by mistake, and ordered the document removed from the administrative record.
- Order Clarifying Issues for HearingOAH restated Student's claims against Los Angeles Unified as ten hearing issues after discussing them with the parties on the first two days of hearing and reviewing the complaint.
- Order to Show Cause as to Why Matter Should Not Be Dismissed and Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH ordered Parent to show cause why Student's case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute after Parent left the videoconference hearing and did not return.
- Order Denying Motion for In Person HearingOAH denied Ukiah's motion for an in-person due process hearing, holding that state and federal law allow videoconference hearings even without a COVID emergency and that video hearings preserve due process.
2023
- Order of Dismissal of Student's Issues, Following Order to Show CauseOAH dismissed Student's issues for failure to prosecute after Parents skipped the prehearing conference, filed no prehearing statement, and did not respond to an order to show cause; Magnolia Science's case proceeds.
- Order to Show Cause Why Student's Issues Should Not Be Dismissed for Inactivity and Order Continuing Prehearing Conference, for Student's ComplaintOAH ordered Student to show cause why Student's issues should not be dismissed for inactivity after Parents filed no prehearing conference statement and did not appear at the prehearing conference.
- Order to Meet and Confer Regarding the Completion of the Administrative RecordOAH ordered the parties to meet and confer by February 15, 2023, and propose how to complete the hearing record, after finding one day's recordings inaudible and one morning's transcript missing.
2022
- Order Denying Motion to StrikeOAH denied Student's motion to strike Etiwanda's written closing brief, filed 14 minutes after the deadline, because Student showed no prejudice from the late filing.
- Order Regarding DocumentationOAH found both sides' papers on Monrovia's sanctions motion apparently incomplete and allowed each party to refile complete versions by 10:00 a.m. on February 18, 2022.
- Order for Student's Counsel to File Electronic Copies of Student's ExhibitsOAH ordered Student's withdrawing law firms to still file Student's electronic exhibits by the next day's deadline, because they withdrew so late and the case needed an orderly presentation.
2021
- Order Denying Motion for Preliminary HearingOAH denied Riverside's request for a preliminary hearing on the law and standard of proof for COVID-era distance learning claims. The usual IDEA and California law and the preponderance standard apply, as in any case.
- Notice of No Action on Student's April 1, 2021 Responses and Objections to Motion for Reconsideration and Request for SanctionsOAH took no action on Student's post-closure objections and responses because the case was already closed and Student withdrew the filings as made in error.
- Order Denying Request to Change Mediator and Cancel MediationOAH denied Enterprise's request to change the assigned mediator. Parties cannot choose mediators, and canceling one mediation to get a different mediator does not justify a second publicly funded mediation.
- Order Following Hearing by Videoconference Vacating Hearing Dates and Resetting TimelinesOAH vacated the due process hearing and reset all timelines because Parent, who lives on a reservation without a house number, never got notice: mail went to the residence address instead of Parent's P.O. Box.
2020
- Order Supplementing Official Audio RecordingOAH supplemented its official hearing record with Western Placer's audio recording of 13 minutes the official recording missed during Parent's cross-examination, after Student raised no objection and the ALJ confirmed its accuracy.
- Order to Show Cause Regarding Representation of StudentOAH ordered Student to show cause why the complaint should not be dismissed because the attorneys who filed it appear licensed only in New York, not California.
- Order to Show Cause Regarding Representation of StudentOAH ordered Student to show cause why the complaint should not be dismissed because the New York-licensed attorneys who filed it appear unauthorized to practice law in California.
- Order to Show Cause Regarding Representation of StudentOAH ordered Student to show cause why the complaint should not be dismissed, because the attorneys who filed it appear licensed only in New York, not California.
- Order to Show Cause Regarding Representation of StudentOAH ordered Student to show cause why the complaint should not be dismissed because the filing attorneys appear licensed only in New York, not California.
- Order to Show Cause Regarding Representation of StudentOAH ordered Student to show why the complaint should not be dismissed, because the two attorneys who filed it appear licensed only in New York, not California.
- Order Regarding Closing BriefsOAH refused to consider Garvey's written opening statement that its closing brief tried to incorporate by reference. OAH never received the statement, and the ALJ had allowed only a single closing brief of up to 20 pages.
- Order Denying Student's Motion to Strike District's Response to ComplaintOAH denied Student's motion to strike Fremont's late response to the due process complaint. Student cited no authority for striking a late response and did not show Fremont had not already sent prior written notice.
- Order Overruling Objections to Videoconference HearingOAH overruled Chula Vista's objections to a videoconference hearing during COVID-19. Special education regulations expressly allow electronic hearings, and the District showed no due process prejudice.
- Order Requiring Parties to Serve Evidence on OAHOAH ordered both parties to serve copies of their hearing evidence on OAH by March 13, 2020, ahead of the March 17–19, 2020 due process hearing.
- Order Denying Motion to Vacate as Moot and Denying Request to Mark DecisionOAH denied Student's motion to vacate its 2019 decision as moot because the federal court had already vacated it, and refused to mark the online decision as vacated.
- Order to Meet and Confer Regarding the Completion of the Administrative RecordOAH ordered the parties to meet and confer and propose how to complete the hearing record after it found parts of the official audio recordings inaudible during transcription.
- Order Requesting Submission of Audio RecordingOAH asked Student to submit her own audio recording of the December 16, 2019 morning hearing session because OAH's official recording was partly inaudible due to technical problems.
- Order Requesting Submission of Audio RecordingOAH asked Student to submit his own audio recording of a hearing morning because OAH's official recording of that session was defective, and asked the parties to stipulate it into the official record.
- Order to Show Cause as to Why Matter Should Not Be Dismissed for Failure to Prosecute, Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH ordered an adult Student to show cause why her case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute, after she missed prehearing conferences and ignored orders while Father lacked authority to represent her.
2019
- Order Denying Modesto City Schools' Motion to Bifurcate Issues Without PrejudiceOAH denied without prejudice Modesto City Schools' motion to hold a separate statute-of-limitations hearing first, finding bifurcation is a procedural question best decided at the prehearing conference.
- Order Denying Leave to Exceed Page LimitOAH denied Student's untimely request to exceed the closing-brief page limit and denied Los Angeles's motion to strike, but will disregard the three over-limit pages summarizing remedies.
- Order Denying Motion to Set Aside Proceedings; Granting Request to Continue Hearing; and Setting Additional Hearing DaysOAH refused to throw out two days of hearing that went forward after Parents went to the wrong location. It found no authority to set aside evidence in an ongoing hearing, but added two hearing days.
- Order for Briefing From the Parties Regarding RemediesOAH found Student did not show that more evidence was needed on a federal court's partial remand, and ordered both parties to file briefs limited to remedies.
- Order Denying Student's Motion to Quash Service; Resetting Case Timeline; Granting Irvine's Request for Continuance; and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH denied Parent's motion to quash service because personal service of a due process complaint is not required. It reset the case timeline from Parent's July 9, 2019 electronic receipt and granted Irvine's continuance.
- Order Regarding Digital File FormatOAH directed that all digital recordings offered as evidence at the due process hearing must be in a format playable on Windows Media Player.
- Order Denying Motion for Summary Judgement and Denying Request for Expert Fee PaymentOAH denied Student's summary judgment motion seeking private placement because special education law has no summary judgment procedure, and refused to order Mt. Diablo to pay Parent's expert fees before a merits decision.
- Order Denying Motion for Bifurcation Without PrejudiceOAH denied, without prejudice, Mt. Diablo's motion to bifurcate Student's residency issue as untimely, ruling that bifurcation is best decided by the hearing judge at the prehearing conference.
- Order Regarding Statute of LimitationsOAH held that neither exception to the two-year statute of limitations applied, limiting Student's claims to issues arising on or after September 25, 2016, after a prior settlement released earlier claims.
- Order Requiring Student's Counsel to Destroy Audio Recording of Closed HearingOAH ordered Student's former law firm to immediately destroy its audio recording of the closed hearing, because the firm withdrew as counsel and the recording was allowed only for counsel's own hearing preparation.
- Order Disclosing Student's Ex Parte Communication to Upland Unified School District and Notice of No ActionOAH disclosed Parent's unserved letter seeking removal of the assigned ALJ as an improper ex parte communication and took no action, because it was not served on the District and was not a formal motion.
- Order of No Action Regarding Notice to Present EvidenceOAH took no action on Student's second pre-hearing 'Notice to Present Evidence' because evidence and arguments belong at the hearing, and warned Parent that further frivolous filings could bring sanctions.
- Order to Show Cause Why Student's Case Should Not Be DismissedOAH ordered Student to show cause why the complaint should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute after Parent failed to appear at the prehearing conference despite repeated calls and a voicemail.
2018
- Order to Show Cause Why Case Should Not Be Dismissed; Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH ordered Student to show cause why the case should not be dismissed after Parent missed the prehearing conference because Parent's phone number on file was invalid.
- Order Regarding Order to Show CauseOAH vacated its order to show cause why Student's case should not be dismissed after Parent explained he had given OAH a wrong phone number and showed his attempts to call.
- Order to Show Cause Why Case Should Not Be DismissedOAH ordered Student to explain by November 5, 2018 why Parent missed the prehearing conference and why the case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute.
- Order Determining Request for Response to Complaint MootOAH found moot Student's request to order Fremont to respond to the due process complaint, because the District filed its response the same day the order issued.
- Order Denying Mother's Request for Intervention in District's CaseOAH denied Student's motion to intervene in Los Alamitos's due process case to raise stay put and FAPE issues, because OAH rules do not allow intervention and Student can file its own complaint.
- Order Granting Motion to Start Due Process Hearing Timeline and Advancing Dates for Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH started the 45-day hearing timeline immediately because Oxnard did not hold a resolution session within 15 days of Student's complaint, and it moved the prehearing conference and hearing dates earlier.
- Order Re Documents Filed Under SealOAH kept District counsel's handwritten hearing notes sealed in the administrative record. The ALJ had ruled them attorney work product, and only a reviewing court on appeal may order them sent or released.
- Order Denying Motion to Compel Tehachapi to Confirm That It Will Consider Settling All Claims in This Matter, or in the Alternative, That It Waive the Resolution SessionOAH denied Student's motion to compel Tehachapi to confirm it could settle all claims or to waive the resolution session. OAH does not force parties to consider settlement or to waive the mandatory resolution session.
- Order Denying Student's Motion to StrikeOAH denied Student's motion to strike Berkeley's late response to the due process complaint. The response, though untimely, had been served, and no authority allows shifting the burden of proof as a remedy.
- Dismissal With Prejudice for Failure to ProsecuteOAH dismissed Parent's case with prejudice after she skipped the first hearing day without notice. Her last-minute continuance request had been denied, and she had no good reason not to proceed.
- Order Disclosing Student's Ex Parte Communication to Etiwanda School District and Notice of No ActionOAH treated Parent's sanctions motion as a forbidden ex parte communication because it was not served on District's attorney, disclosed it to District, and took no action on it.
2017
- Order Requiring Attorney of Record to Sign Pleadings Filed With Office of Administrative HearingsOAH ordered Student to re-file her opposition to District's continuance motion signed by her attorney of record, because a non-attorney staff member of the law firm had signed it.
- Order Denying Motion to Enter JudgmentOAH denied Student's motion to enter judgment on an accepted 10-day settlement offer because Federal Rule 68 does not apply in OAH hearings and the parties never agreed on final settlement terms.
- Order Following Telephonic Status ConferenceOAH made Student's counsel's audio recording the official record of the due process hearing, by agreement of the parties, because OAH could not find its own recording of the hearing.
- Order Requiring District to File a ResponseOAH ordered Los Altos School District to respond to Student's due process complaint by August 28, 2017, because state and federal law require a district response and none was filed.
- Order Denying Ventura Unified School District's Motion to Bifurcate and for Evidentiary HearingOAH denied Ventura's motion to hold a separate early hearing on the statute of limitations, finding bifurcation would delay Student's claims, duplicate evidence, and undermine IDEA's mandate of speedy resolution.
- Order to Show Cause Why Student's Complaint Should Not Be Dismissed, Continuing Prehearing Conference and Tentatively Granting District's Request for ContinuanceOAH ordered Student to show cause why the case should not be dismissed after Student's attorney failed to appear at the prehearing conference despite three calls and voicemails.
- Order Denying Motion to Allow Television and Media in the CourtroomOAH denied Student's request to allow television and media to film or broadcast the due process hearing, finding no media agency had asked to cover it and that cameras could intimidate witnesses and prejudice the hearing.
- Order Denying Request to File Amended Closing BriefOAH denied District's request to substitute a shortened closing brief and accepted its slightly over-length original, finding no prejudice to Student and that an amended brief would give District extra preparation time.
- Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part District's Motion to Strike Student's Reply to Its Opposition to the Motion to ConsolidateOAH refused to strike Student's reply supporting consolidation because special education rules allow replies, but struck one sentence that may have disclosed a confidential mediation statement.
- Notice of Ex Parte CommunicationOAH disclosed Parent's letter complaining about the ALJ as a prohibited ex parte communication, made it part of the record, and treated it as a motion to disqualify the ALJ for bias.
- Order Granting Motion for BifurcationOAH granted Lafayette's unopposed motion to hear Student's residency first, finding residency a threshold jurisdictional issue whose early resolution could reduce the witnesses and issues at hearing.
- Order to Show Cause Why Case Should Not Be DismissedOAH ordered District to explain why its own due process case should not be dismissed with prejudice after District failed to appear for the prehearing conference.
- Order Directing Respondent Pasadena Unified School District to File Response to Due Process ComplaintOAH ordered Pasadena Unified to file its overdue response to Student's due process complaint, warning that the District will pay any costs to Student caused by a resulting hearing delay.
- Order Requiring Further Briefing Re: The Statute of Limitations; Requiring Filing of a Response to the Due Process Complaint; and Extending Decision TimelineOAH ordered further briefing after District raised the statute of limitations for the first time in its closing brief, without ever filing a response to Student's complaint, and ordered District to file one.
- Order Requiring Immediate Filing of Response to Due Process ComplaintOAH ordered Hayward Unified to file its overdue response to Student's due process complaint the same day, citing the Ninth Circuit's new M.C. v. Antelope Valley decision, before the hearing began the next morning.
- Order on Closing BriefsOAH directed both parties to address the Supreme Court's new Endrew F. decision in their closing briefs and allowed briefs of up to 30 pages to cover it.
- Order Striking Student's Response and Counter ComplaintOAH struck Parent's response and counter complaint to Fremont's due process filing because the IDEA neither requires a response nor allows counter complaints, though Student may file a separate case.
- Order Denying Tehachapi Unified School District's Motion to Change VenueOAH denied Tehachapi Unified's request to move the remaining hearing days from Van Nuys to Tehachapi because the hearing had already started in Van Nuys after both sides argued venue.
- Order Denying Motion for Summary JudgmentOAH denied Student's motion for summary judgment because special education law has no summary judgment procedure, and the motion sought a ruling on the merits rather than dismissal of claims outside OAH jurisdiction.
2016
- Order Denying Motion to Allow a Television and/or Video Camera to Record ProceedingsOAH denied Student's request to let a television or video camera record the due process hearing. No media agency had asked to film, and cameras could intimidate witnesses and make the hearing unfair.
- Order to Show Cause and Setting Continued Prehearing ConferenceOAH ordered Student to show cause why her complaint should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute after Mother filed no prehearing conference statement and did not appear at the prehearing conference.
- Order Requiring Attorney to Appear at HearingOAH ordered Student's attorney to appear at every hearing day because her paralegal cannot represent Student in her place under California law limiting paralegals' legal work.
- Order of No ActionOAH took no action on Student's request to coordinate 14 related cases against Oxnard under one judge, because scheduling orders had issued and counsel could work out schedules or seek continuances.
- Order of No ActionOAH declined to vacate its own November 2015 Decision because the federal court judgment had already vacated it; OAH will only link that judgment to the Decision.
- Order Denying Without Prejudice Motion to BifurcateOAH denied without prejudice District's motion to bifurcate the statute of limitations exception issue as premature, directing that the request be raised at the prehearing conference.
- Order for Supplemental Information from StudentOAH ordered Student to file the child's residence address within five days, because federal and state law require every due process complaint to include the address of the child's residence.
- Order Following Telephonic Status ConferenceOAH adopted Student's attorney's audio recording as the official hearing record after OAH's own recording of the February 2016 hearing turned out to have no sound.
- Order Granting Student's Motion to Change Due Process Hearing Location to OAH's Office in Van NuysOAH moved the due process hearing from Tehachapi to its Van Nuys office over District's objection, finding Student's counsel raised a colorable safety concern, and allowed District witnesses to testify remotely.
- Order of No ActionOAH declined to act on Mother's requests for District testing and home-hospital instruction because they were not a formal motion and overlapped with the relief sought at the pending hearing.
- Order Denying Motion to Strike District's ResponseOAH denied Student's motion to strike District's response to the due process complaint because the response is not a pleading and OAH has no authority to judge its sufficiency.
2015
- Order Vacating Order to Show CauseOAH vacated its order to show cause after Student's attorney explained a calendaring error caused her to miss the prehearing conference, but warned that a repeat could lead to sanctions.
- Order Denying Student's Motion to Extend Closing Brief Page LimitOAH denied Student's last-minute request to exceed the 15-page closing brief limit because Student showed no good cause for the delay and the extension would prejudice District.
- Order Overruling Objection/Denying Motion to Strike Student's Written Closing Argument, but Admonishing Student's AttorneyOAH refused to strike Student's late, over-length closing brief because the ALJ wanted Student's summary of the evidence and District suffered little harm, but admonished Student's attorney for ignoring the page limit.
- Order Denying Request to Withdraw as CounselOAH denied Student's attorney's request to withdraw as counsel because the proof of service did not show that Student's parent was served with the request.
- Order Denying Student's Motion to Permit Televising and/or Recording of the Due Process HearingOAH denied Student's motion to televise and record the due process hearing as moot because no media outlet had asked to broadcast or record it. The hearing remains open to the public and media.
- Notice of Ex Parte CommunicationOAH disclosed a letter Student's mother faxed directly to the assigned ALJ without copying District, and ordered Student to serve it on District's counsel so District could respond.
- Order Denying Student's Request for Clarification of District's ResponseOAH denied Student's request to rule on whether District's written response to the due process complaint was legally sufficient, finding such a ruling unnecessary and an improper advisory opinion.
- Order to Show Cause Why Case Should Not Be Dismissed; Resetting Prehearing ConferenceOAH ordered Student to explain in writing why the case should not be dismissed after Student's mother missed the prehearing conference and Student failed to diligently pursue the case.
- Order Denying Request to Begin Decision Time LineOAH denied as moot Student's request to start the decision timeline over the late resolution session, because Student filed it after the 30-day resolution period had already ended.
2014
- Order Denying Without Prejudice Motion to BifurcateOAH denied without prejudice a joint request to bifurcate Student's residency issue from FAPE claims as premature, directing the parties to raise it with the assigned ALJ at the prehearing conference.
- Order Granting District's Motion to Limit IssuesOAH limited the hearing to events before Student's April 8, 2014 complaint filing date, because the IDEA confines hearings to issues raised in the complaint unless the other side agrees or the complaint is amended.
- Order Denying Request to Augment the Administrative RecordOAH denied Student's former attorney's request to augment the administrative record because he no longer represents Student, has no standing, and cited no authority.
- Order Dismissing Case Following RemandOAH dismissed Student's case because a federal district court vacated the OAH hearing decision and sent the matter back with instructions to dismiss.
- Order Denying Motion to Change Venue of Due Process HearingOAH denied Student's request to move the hearing from District's Santa Ysabel office to San Diego, finding the District office reasonably convenient because the family lives less than a mile away.
- Notice of No Action Taken; Order Regarding Filing of DocumentsOAH took no action on Parent's wish to advance hearing dates because it appeared only in emails to the District, not in a request to OAH, and told Parent to stop filing third-party emails.
- Order Denying Motion to StrikeOAH denied District's motion to strike Student's closing brief as untimely because Student filed it with OAH before the noon deadline and District received it the same day.
- Order Denying District's Motion to Strike Student's Reply BriefOAH denied the District's motion to strike Student's closing reply brief, which was filed about seven hours late, because the District showed no prejudice from the short delay.
- DecisionCounty denied a juvenile-hall Student a FAPE by failing to provide behavior supports, counseling, appropriate goals, parent participation, and a locked residential treatment placement. OAH ordered compensatory speech services and a residential placement search.
- Order Denying District's Motion to BifurcateOAH denied District's motion to split eligibility and FAPE into separate hearings, because District chose to bring both issues in one complaint and two hearings would not serve judicial economy.
2013
- Order Bifurcating CaseOAH bifurcated the consolidated case after hearing. Student's remedies will be decided in a later, limited hearing because the District had not fully assessed Student in more than 11 years.
- Order Re Closing BriefsOAH directed both parties to address, in their closing briefs, a Pennsylvania decision and the issues raised when a correctional agency like the county probation department is also a responsible public educational agency.
- Order Re Closing BriefsOAH directed both parties to discuss, in their closing briefs, a Pennsylvania decision and the duties of a correctional agency that is also a responsible public educational agency.
- Order (1) Denying Joint Motion to Bifurcate Hearing and (2) Granting Joint Request for Continuance of PHC and HearingOAH denied the parties' joint request to try the statute of limitations first, because Student's only claim concerns the District's failure to respond to a September 2013 independent evaluation request, which is well within two years.
- Order Regarding Correspondence With the Office of Administrative HearingsOAH directed Student's attorney to stop sending documents to its staff counsel and other staff. He emailed filings, which OAH does not accept, and misdirected a faxed opposition.
- Corrected DecisionOAH invalidated the high school diploma of a 19-year-old Student with autism because his passing grades came from heavily modified work his IEPs did not allow. It also ordered compensatory services.
- Order Denying Motion to Withdraw as Attorney of Record for Student Without PrejudiceOAH denied Student's attorney's request to withdraw without prejudice because, although his reasons were sufficient, he never served the motion on Student and Parents as the law requires.
- Order Granting Joint Motion for Bifurcation of IssuesOAH granted the districts' unopposed joint motion to bifurcate, so it will first decide whether an exception to the two-year statute of limitations saves Student's older claims before hearing the rest.
- Order Denying Motion to Limit Issue Four or to BifurcateOAH denied the District's motion to limit Student's interpreter-related Issue Four or to bifurcate the statute of limitations question, finding the issue was clearly framed in the prehearing conference order.