Prehearing conference orders
351 California OAH special education orders on prehearing conference orders, newest first, each with a plain-English summary. Search and filter these orders.
2026
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Manteca's assessment and IEP-implementation issues for a videoconference hearing and denied Student's request to move the second hearing day, ruling that an advocate's mediation conflict is not good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Student's case for a three-day video hearing starting August 25, 2026, after dismissing an order to show cause issued when Parent missed an earlier prehearing conference.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day video hearing on Student's 2025-2026 behavior-related FAPE claims and excluded an unpleaded unilateral-placement-change issue over Corona-Norco's objection.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set one issue for hearing and granted Fremont a one-week first continuance over Parent's oral objection because its special education director and hearing representative was unavailable.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Vista Oaks Charter School's Request for Continuance and Student's Request for AccommodationsOAH granted Vista Oaks a brief continuance over Student's opposition because its attorney and representative will be in the sibling's ongoing hearing, and granted Parent's hearing accommodations.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference; Notice of No Action on Student's Motion for Leave to File a Reply to Earlimart School District's Opposition to Student's List of Issues as MootOAH set nine clarified issues for a July 7, 2026 videoconference hearing after Earlimart objected to Student's revised issue list, and took no action on Student's reply motion because the PHC resolved the dispute.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference and Denying Motion to Continue the Due Process HearingOAH denied Vista's request to push back the hearing so a sibling's earlier-filed case could go first, finding no good cause and no law favoring an already-eligible child, with Parent objecting.
- Order Clarifying Issues for HearingOAH restated seven hearing issues against Murrieta Valley after discussing them with the parties at the start of hearing. The issues cover records errors, child find, vision assessment, visual impairment eligibility and services, and extracurricular activities.
- Order Confirming Issues for HearingOAH confirmed eleven issues for the consolidated hearing after Student objected to how two issues were clarified, finding the clarification made no change in substance.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day videoconference hearing starting April 28, 2026, on child find and FAPE claims, and let self-represented Parents file a late motion to compel education records.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Non-Expedited Hearing by Videoconference and Denying Motion to ContinueOAH denied the parties' joint request to continue an already-underway hearing by a month over a possible district workers' strike and further mediation, finding no good cause, and set the non-expedited issues for hearing.
- Order Confirming Issues at Due Process HearingOAH confirmed 11 issues for hearing against San Francisco, covering assessments, IEP team members, deaf/blind services, and supports, and kept out a placement claim Student never listed in her issues.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH confirmed four FAPE issues for an April 7, 2026 video hearing, folded Parent's false-documents claim into an existing issue, and refused to expand the hearing's timeline based on newly discovered evidence.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference, and Granting Request for Continuance of Due Process Hearing, OnlyOAH granted Moraga's opposed continuance because eight district employees had prepaid spring-break vacations, then extended it one more week for Parent's unavailability and set five issues for an April 14, 2026 videoconference hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Request to ContinueOAH granted Las Virgenes' request to continue the hearing to April 2026 because the district had not been served with Parent's PHC statement and needed time to review and respond.
- Amended Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set consolidated independent evaluation disputes for a March 17, 2026 videoconference hearing, framing Student's untimely-funding claims and San Benito's claims that its triennial assessment and vision-hearing screening were legally compliant.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference on Remand Briefing ScheduleOAH vacated the remand hearing and set a briefing schedule because both parties agreed no evidence beyond the existing administrative record was needed after a federal court vacated the prior decision.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Temecula Valley's request to continue the hearing because counsel's conflicting hearing had not yet started. The ALJ allowed the district to renew the request once that hearing's length is clearer.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Glendora's case defending its psychoeducational evaluation for a February 3–5, 2026 video hearing, and ruled Student could not add new issues because only the filing party can assert issues.
2025
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Parent's request, over Cupertino's objection, to continue the District's case. Student's earlier-filed expedited and non-expedited hearings, estimated at about 12 days each, conflicted with the scheduled dates.
- Order Revising Issues for HearingOAH revised the six hearing issues after both Student and Los Alamitos objected to the prehearing conference order, finding some of the requested changes had merit.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a six-day videoconference due process hearing starting October 28, 2025, and restated Student's FAPE issues for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years over Student's objection, without changing their substance.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set six FAPE issues covering 2022-2025 for a videoconference hearing starting October 28, 2025, and denied without prejudice the parties' joint oral request to continue.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Milpitas' IEP-implementation claim and Student's FAPE claims for a videoconference hearing starting October 14, 2025. It denied Parent's interim non-public school placement request for lack of supporting legal authority.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH overruled Student's objection to naming which IEP parts he challenged, holding Student cannot keep vague 'denied FAPE' claims open to add new theories at hearing, and set 28 issues for hearing.
- Order Granting Request for Restatement of Issues Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH partly granted Student's request to restate the hearing issues, adding prior written notice and parent-participation claims that the complaint fairly raised, but limited the timeframe to developing the May 2025 IEP.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH heard Bellflower's late continuance motion and granted a one-week continuance instead of two, finding good cause based on a conflicting earlier-filed hearing involving the same district and counsel.
- Order Clarifying Issues 2c and 4cOAH granted Student's motion to correct the prehearing conference order over Capistrano Unified's objection, restating Issues 2c and 4c to cover 13 areas of need under the amended complaint.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set seven issues for a Zoom hearing starting August 5, 2025, and ordered that the settlement-waiver question be heard and decided from the bench before any other FAPE claims.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH denied New Haven's oral request at the prehearing conference to continue the hearing, finding that clarifying issues is a normal part of every prehearing conference and not good cause, and set three issues for hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set the consolidated case for a June 17, 2025 videoconference hearing and refused to let Student add a goal-for-following-directions issue because the complaint never pled it.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH rejected Capistrano's objection to Student's IEP-offer issues, calling it an improper summary judgment motion, and set all eight issues for a May 20, 2025 videoconference hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH limited Selma Unified's hearing to whether its psychoeducational assessment was legally compliant. Student's additional issues were excluded because only the filing party's issues are heard, so Student would need a separate complaint.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH denied Parent's second request to continue Mendocino's single-issue assessment hearing, finding no good cause for the late motion or the delay, and set a May 6, 2025 videoconference hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day videoconference hearing on Fremont Union's request to assess Student without parent consent and denied Parent's oral continuance request, noting a continuance had already been granted.
- Order Clarifying Issues 2 and 6OAH restated Issues 2 and 6 for hearing as whether Folsom-Cordova Unified denied Student a FAPE by offering insufficient accommodations in the November 2022 and November 2023 IEPs.
2024
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day videoconference hearing on whether Palm Springs's May 30, 2024 psychoeducational assessment was legally compliant, and let each parent present Student's case separately.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a consolidated videoconference hearing for October 15, 2024, on Student's FAPE claims and District's request to exit Student from special education without parental consent.
- Order Clarifying Issues and Proposed Resolutions for HearingOAH restated the hearing issues on Student's motion after Student argued the prehearing conference order did not fully reflect the amended complaint, and both parties agreed to the revised issues.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set six FAPE issues about San Diego's March and June 2023 IEP offers for a Zoom hearing starting August 13, 2024, and ordered briefing on how a prior settlement agreement affects the claims.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Stockton's opposed continuance because Parents and the District are litigating several overlapping sibling cases, and each hearing should go forward in filing order so everyone can fully take part.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set four FAPE issues for a three-day video hearing. It deferred Los Angeles' motion claiming it is not a proper party to written briefing and a threshold evidentiary hearing on the first hearing day.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Center's case to override parental consent to its April 2024 IEP for a May 21, 2024 Zoom hearing. It denied Parent's continuance request for lack of good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day Zoom hearing on Student's speech-language IEE claim and San Diego's psychoeducational assessment claim, and deferred San Diego's motion to exclude Student's experts pending a meet-and-confer.
- Order Clarifying Issues for HearingOAH clarified three issues for hearing after discussing them with Father and Fremont Union during the first two hearing days: triennial evaluations, an IEP amendment implemented without consent, and parental participation.
- Order Clarifying Issues for HearingOAH restated 15 hearing issues, adding the issues from Student's amended prehearing statement after Los Angeles agreed they were already covered by Student's amended complaint.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference, Phase 2 – RemediesOAH set a three-day Zoom remedies hearing to decide what relief Student should receive for San Bernardino's denial of FAPE from September 2021 to August 2023, with an OAH-appointed psychologist testifying.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference and Continuing HearingOAH denied Tahoe District's request to order mediation because Parents declined it. OAH continued the hearing so it could arrange an ASL interpreter, denied Mother's in-person hearing request, and ordered the District to give Parents a private room with a computer.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's opposed request to continue the Phase 2 remedies hearing about two weeks because a critical independent assessor witness was unavailable, finding no prejudice to San Bernardino.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a video hearing starting February 27, 2024, and kept Student's 2021-2022 assessment, goal, and service claims over Ukiah's objection, but excluded a transportation claim the complaint never raised.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day videoconference hearing on whether High Tech Charter denied Student a FAPE in 2021-2022, and excluded 2020-2021 claims raised only in Student's prehearing statement, not the complaint.
2023
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day videoconference hearing and limited Student's issues to the April 17, 2023 IEP. It overruled Student's objection that the issues covered January 2023 through the end of the school year.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Continuing Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH continued the hearing to December 2023 at Student's unopposed request, and framed Student's stay put claims as FAPE denials, rejecting Parent's view that a prior case's stay put order could decide this case.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH denied Parent's motion to continue and set Corona-Norco's assessment-without-consent case for an October 2023 video hearing, finding Student's medical appointments irrelevant because Student need not attend.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference, Continuing Due Process Hearing, and Denying Motion to BifurcateOAH denied Los Alamitos's motion to bifurcate because the preliminary legal question was also the only issue. A one-day video hearing would resolve it more efficiently than a two-week briefing schedule.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-to-five-day videoconference hearing starting October 10, 2023, and limited Student's case to the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years after dismissing two issues as time-barred.
- Order Clarifying Issues for HearingOAH restated and renumbered the hearing issues on the first day of hearing after Student sought reconsideration and correction of the prehearing issues and confirmed withdrawal of several issues.
- Order Denying, Without Prejudice, Motion to Correct the IssuesOAH denied without prejudice Student's motion to rewrite the hearing issues from the prehearing conference order because Student did not show where each revised issue appeared in the amended complaint.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Student's FAPE claims about speech, academic goals, and transition planning for a July 25, 2023 video hearing. It denied Placentia-Yorba Linda's oral continuance request and required a written motion instead.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference and Order Denying Motion to ContinueOAH denied Capistrano's request to continue the hearing. Its attorney's other case was filed later and unlikely to go to hearing, and an unavailable key witness could testify on a separate date.
- Revised Order Finalizing Issues for HearingOAH finalized and renumbered six hearing issues against Aspire after Student dropped many issues and narrowed one claim to the 2022-2023 school year through March 14, 2023.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH denied Parent's verbal request for a third continuance. The request was not filed on time, no attorney had been retained, and no good faith efforts to retain one were shown. Hueneme's assessment case is set for June 6–8, 2023.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a videoconference due process hearing starting May 31, 2023. Six issues will be heard, covering speech, adapted PE, and transition assessments, predetermination, and the December 2021 and March 2022 IEP offers.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Continuing Due Process HearingOAH granted a self-represented Parent a short continuance, not the two months requested, so Student could retain an attorney, and moved the hearing from late May to June 6–8, 2023.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Expedited Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set an expedited videoconference hearing on Berkeley's request to remove Student to an interim setting for up to 45 school days, after Parent did not appear at the prehearing conference.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Expedited Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Student's expedited manifestation determination challenge against Salinas for a May 3-4, 2023 Zoom hearing. It framed the issue as whether the January 9, 2023 meeting wrongly found no manifestation or IEP-implementation link.
- Order Denying Student's Motion to Restore Hearing Issue's Original WordingOAH refused to restore the phrase "for the 2022-23 school year" to Lemoore's hearing issue, finding the ALJ's restatement only clarified the issue without changing its substance or adding unconsented issues.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference, for Magnolia Science Academy-Santa AnaOAH ordered Parents to show cause why Student's case should not be dismissed after they skipped the prehearing conference and filed no statement, and continued the consolidated hearing to April 18, 2023.
- Amended Order Following Prehearing Conference on Remand for Hearing on Remand by VideoconferenceALJ granted Compton Unified's opposed request to rephrase the remand hearing issues. The issues now set out the two defenses the federal court allowed: Parent's residency when the inter-district permit issued, and Parent's employment status.
- Order Denying Student's Motion to Proceed to Phase Two of HearingOAH denied Student's request to skip Phase One of a two-phase hearing, ruling that a California Department of Education notice does not give OAH jurisdiction or resolve the settlement-agreement issues.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a joint request to continue the hearing. Downey's counsel's conflicting hearing had not yet started, and continuing settlement talks did not justify a nearly two-month delay.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference on Remand for Hearing on Remand by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day videoconference hearing on remand from federal district court. Compton Unified will go first on Parent's residency and employment, followed by Student's request for compensatory education.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Magnolia Public Schools' case for a March 14–16, 2023 video hearing on whether it can assess Student without parental consent, after Parent did not appear at the prehearing conference.
- Order Granting Request for Clarification of Issues for HearingOAH granted Student's request to clarify the hearing issues, which the ALJ had redrafted after the prehearing conference. The issues were restated on the first hearing day as clarified and agreed by the parties.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request for a fourth continuance to find a lawyer, finding that her continuing wish for representation was not good cause in a case pending since August 2022.
2022
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH denied San Juan Unified's opposed motion to bifurcate and instead added, as a preliminary hearing issue, whether a prior settlement bars Student's claims before April 23, 2021, then set nine issues for videoconference hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference and Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Sacramento City a one-week continuance over Parent's oral opposition, finding good cause because its attorney was unavailable and school offices would be closed when Parent needed district computer access.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a videoconference hearing beginning November 1, 2022, and narrowed Student's issues, removing several issue statements the ALJ found were not supported by allegations in the complaint.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set five issues for a Zoom hearing starting October 11, 2022, on Encinitas' distance learning supports and services since April 2020 and on Student's program for 2020-2022.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Student's FAPE claims against San Juan Unified for an October 11, 2022 Zoom hearing after Student withdrew two issues and part of a third and could not clarify other claims.
- Order Clarifying Issues for HearingOAH restated the issues for Student's due process hearing against Goleta Union after Student withdrew two issues at the start of the hearing, leaving seven FAPE claims for decision.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set six FAPE issues for an eight-day Zoom hearing starting October 4, 2022, and denied Student's request for a public hearing because hearings were being held without observers during COVID-19.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference and Order Denying Stockton Unified School District's Request for Continuance and Granting Request to Go DarkOAH denied Stockton's one-week continuance request over Student's opposition, because district counsel knew of her conference conflict in August but never told Student's counsel. OAH instead delayed one hearing day's start.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student a brief continuance over Travis Unified's modest objection, finding good cause because Student, as respondent in a district-filed case, retained counsel quickly after filing and counsel was not ready.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set four child find, assessment, and discrimination issues for an October 2022 videoconference hearing, limiting the discrimination claim to FAPE violations and excluding Section 504, ADA, and constitutional claims.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Due Process Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a videoconference hearing starting August 16, 2022 on whether Miller Creek denied Student a FAPE by removing him from Anova without an IEP meeting, barring relitigation of earlier expedited issues.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference Granting Chaffey Joint Union High School District's Request for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted Chaffey's second continuance over Student's opposition. Chaffey's director of special education would be on vacation, and the late filing was excused because Chaffey wrongly believed Student's dismissal ended the whole case.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Student's distance-learning claims against Chula Vista for a May 24, 2022 videoconference hearing and denied the district's judicial notice request without prejudice until the hearing begins.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH denied William S. Hart's request to delay the hearing at least six weeks because its other OAH hearing did not overlap these dates, and set three assessment issues for a May 10, 2022 videoconference hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Los Gatos-Saratoga's late request to continue the hearing over Parents' objection. Newly retained counsel and school staff were unavailable, and Parents showed no prejudice from a short delay.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Lucerne's IEP case for a three-day video hearing and denied Parents' request to wait for an independent assessment, because no assessor was chosen and results were likely months away.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Elk Grove's continuance over Student's objection because Student and Elk Grove had not yet held the mandatory resolution session, and Elk Grove had not waived it.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference and Granting ContinuanceOAH granted Student's continuance request over Ventura's objection so the family could hire counsel and prepare a defense, and reset the hearing to February 15–17, 2022.
2021
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set District's assessment issue and Student's distance-learning FAPE issues for a consolidated videoconference hearing, deferred District's continuance motion, and admonished Student's counsel for ignoring District's request to agree to a continuance.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH denied Riverside's opposed request to continue the hearing to January, holding that school breaks such as Thanksgiving are not good cause, and set Student's distance-learning FAPE claims for a November 23, 2021 hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Student's FAPE claims against Compton Unified for a videoconference hearing starting November 9, 2021. It noted the unopposed dismissal of issue seven and denied Student's testimony accommodations without prejudice.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference, and Denying San Diego County Office of Education's Motion to BifurcateOAH denied San Diego COE's late motion to bifurcate Student's claims. COE gave no good-cause declaration and no compelling reason, and Student named COE in every hearing issue.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set four issues for a videoconference hearing starting August 31, 2021. The issues are Oakland's assessments, prior written notice, FAPE offer, and records access. OAH also ordered Oakland to file its overdue complaint response.
- Order Clarifying Issues at HearingOAH restated the five hearing issues on Saugus Union's distance-learning services, May 2020 IEP, and Student's regression, after discussing them with both parties at the start of the due process hearing.
- Amended Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied San Diego's continuance request, finding its attorney's move to a new law firm was not good cause, but allowed a one-day delay and restated the issues for hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference and Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's opposed request to continue the hearing over a sibling's graduation. Student showed no good cause, but the ALJ moved the second hearing day to a 1:00 PM start to avoid the conflict.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH granted Ventura's first continuance over Student's objection because district counsel was in another OAH hearing, but reset the hearing to mid-July rather than the fall as Ventura asked.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Student's issues for a May 25, 2021 videoconference hearing. It refused to add an assessment-protocol challenge and transition as an area of need because the complaint did not plead them.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set one issue for a videoconference hearing on whether Ventura denied Student a FAPE by not ensuring Student's one-to-one nurse attended IEP meetings. It also denied Student's request to extend the issue's time frame.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set five distance-learning FAPE issues for a May 2021 video hearing, denied both sides' notice requests for failing to show relevance, and warned Student's late, unprepared attorney of record about possible sanctions.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set seven issues for a videoconference hearing in consolidated cases over Rialto's COVID-19 distance learning and October 2020 IEP, and partly granted Student's motion for official notice of Governor's executive orders.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Student's distance-learning FAPE claims for a May 2021 video hearing. It omitted challenges to IEP goals before May 20, 2020 because the complaint did not adequately plead them.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set six issues for a videoconference hearing on whether Chaffey denied Student a FAPE by assigning Student to distance learning without in-person services, evaluations, or adequate IEP services during COVID-19.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Continuance and Setting Time for Response to Motion to AmendOAH granted the parties' joint request to set mediation and continue the hearing, and gave Student more time, over Enterprise's objection, to respond to its motion to amend because Student's attorney had just been retained.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Continuing Hearing and Setting Oral ArgumentOAH limited a federal court remand to two issues and will decide them on the existing record, briefs, and oral argument, without new evidence, witnesses, or consideration of proposed resolutions.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference and Granting Request for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted the districts' continuance over Student's objection because their attorney's earlier-filed hearing conflicted, resetting hearing to April 6–8, 2021, and set six issues for a videoconference hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference and Granting Motion to Continue the HearingOAH granted Corona-Norco's motion to continue the hearing over Student's objection, finding the motion timely and that defense counsel's conflicting hearing in an older, previously continued case was good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Parents' late, opposed request to continue the hearing. A sudden family emergency and an ongoing search for counsel were good cause, and that outweighed any prejudice to Pivot Charter.
2020
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Student's Request for Continuance of Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted self-represented Parents a roughly one-month continuance over Pivot Charter's objection, finding their search for counsel and need for preparation time outweighed any prejudice to the charter school.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH denied Clear Passage's motion to join Long Beach Unified as a party, because Clear Passage cited no special education authority, and denied its alternative request to bifurcate standing, setting a December 2020 videoconference hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Videoconference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH denied Student's request for a two-week continuance and set the consolidated case for hearing. The request was untimely, the case had been continued three times, and the upcoming IEP meeting was unlikely to produce relevant evidence.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day videoconference hearing on Student's FAPE claims against Oakland back to 2015, starting with a statute-of-limitations phase, and dismissed Student's Section 504, ADA, and civil-rights claims by stipulation.
- Order Following September 25, 2020 Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set nine IEP-related issues for an October 6, 2020 videoconference hearing, denied Student's request for a video recording, and directed that Student appear and testify if called.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a three-day videoconference hearing on whether the charter schools had to fund an independent psychoeducational assessment or file to defend theirs, and noted Student's motion to quash expert subpoenas was withdrawn.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set Student's case against Bellflower for a videoconference hearing starting August 18, 2020, on claims of missed assessments, goals, and services for a visually impaired student, including braille and orientation and mobility.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH set a July 7, 2020 video hearing on whether Los Angeles denied Student a FAPE through remote learning and a lack of adult-program transition help, and declined the District's request to dismiss the transition issue.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH overruled Student's objection to a videoconference hearing, citing its authority under state regulations and COVID-19 safety guidance, and set 14 issues for a June 16, 2020 hearing against Chaffey.
- Order Setting Due Process Hearing and Prehearing Status Conference by VideoconferenceOAH overruled Bellflower's objection to a videoconference hearing and denied its request to delay the rest of the hearing until in-person attendance was possible. The reason was COVID-19 safety guidance and OAH's authority to hold remote hearings.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by VideoconferenceOAH overruled Bellflower's objections to a COVID-era video hearing and ordered it to produce its staff witnesses by videoconference. It warned of evidentiary sanctions, including inferences favoring Student, if Bellflower failed to comply.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Bifurcation, Setting Briefing Schedule, and Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH split off the threshold question of which agency was responsible for Student's education, to be decided first on stipulated facts and briefs. It refused to split off a second, fact-heavy issue.
- Order Granting Request to Withdraw Issue 2.E. and Denying Request to Modify Issue 2.A.OAH let Student withdraw an unopposed goals issue but refused to remove 'residential' from the placement issue. Student's other issues already cover the offer's adequacy, and she identified no claim left out.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE issues for a March 2020 hearing but limited the 2019-2020 claims to the December 2, 2019 complaint filing date, because events after filing were not pled in the complaint.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a three-day hearing limited to what relief Student should get for Manhattan Beach's failure to implement his November 10, 2014 IEP. Student bears the burden of proof under the Court of Appeal order.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a February 2020 hearing on whether Trivium Charter School may do Student's triennial assessment without Parent's consent, and ordered Trivium to file its overdue facility accessibility certification.
2019
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH vacated the hearing dates on a federal court remand over Irvine's objection, finding the remanded issue needs no new hearing, and ordered the parties to submit written briefs on the existing record.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request to continue Greenfield's due process hearing. Parent wanted more time for documents, but she already had some, others were irrelevant, and she was not entitled to the rest.
- Order Following December 30, 2019 Prehearing Conference Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parents' request to continue the District's due process hearing for a speech-language reassessment, because no assessment was underway or agreed to and Parents waited nearly two months to ask.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set for hearing Student's claims that Santa Monica-Malibu denied him a FAPE in 2017-2018 through an aide's corporal punishment and aversive interventions, and through staff's failure to stop or report it.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted a continuance for good cause, moving Greenfield's due process hearing to January 7–8, 2020, so the self-represented Parent could gather documents needed to take part in the hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set consolidated issues for an October 15, 2019 hearing and let Student's two experts testify by phone. It denied the districts' informal requests for hearing security and for written expert résumés.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set three FAPE issues for an October 15, 2019 hearing. The issues cover Student's program, transition planning, and IEP implementation. OAH also let a Torrance witness testify by phone if strict conditions are met.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Request for Continuance, and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's continuance over Bellflower's objection because Parent's unavailability was good cause, though the ALJ said Student should have asked weeks earlier.
- Order Following Trial Setting Conference and Setting Deadline for Trial Briefs on Remand IssuesOAH let Student file a trial brief on federal court's partial remand over Alta Loma's objection, and set deadlines and page limits for briefs addressing whether a further evidentiary hearing is needed.
- Order Amending Prehearing Conference OrdersOAH declined to consider Student's oral sanctions motion, ordered San Bruno to file its complaint response within a day, and set expedited written briefing on San Bruno's motion to dismiss.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a September 4, 2019 hearing on whether Upland may assess Student without consent, and moved the hearing to the SELPA offices only if Upland cannot provide a larger room at its own offices.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Downey's opposed request to continue the prehearing conference and hearing, finding good cause because the original dates fell during summer break when district and nonpublic school witnesses were unavailable.
- Order Denying Motion to Amend Prehearing Conference StatementOAH denied Student's request to add documents to his prehearing conference statement after the conference was held, because Student showed no good cause for missing the scheduling order's deadline.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Denying Garvey's Motion to ContinueOAH denied Garvey's last-minute motion to continue the hearing because Garvey had known of the calendar conflict since April 10, 2019, and set six FAPE issues for a June 25, 2019 hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Request for Mediation and Continuance, and Setting Mediation, Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Lompoc's motion to continue the hearing over Student's opposition, finding good cause, and set mediation for June 21, a continued prehearing conference for July 8, and hearing for July 16, 2019.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a June 2019 hearing on Student's disenrollment claims and denied Mt. Diablo's motion to hear residency first, finding residency so dominant that bifurcating would save little time.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a three-day hearing on whether William S. Hart denied Student FAPE by failing to make a clear written offer in three 2018 IEPs, and granted Student's request to audio record.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting Los Angeles' Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Los Angeles' request for a brief continuance over Parent's objection, finding good cause based on witness unavailability in a newly filed case, and reset the hearing to April 30, 2019.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's case against Pasadena for an April 9–11, 2019 hearing on child find, assessment, IEP offer, and prior written notice claims, and ordered Pasadena to file its overdue facility certification.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH held the prehearing conference without Mother after she left the call, set a three-day hearing on whether San Leandro's assessments were legally sufficient, and allowed one District witness to testify by phone.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Escondido's case for hearing on whether its assessment and IEP were legally sufficient. Because Parent filed no prehearing statement, Student was limited to the District's exhibits and witnesses plus one named witness.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set eight issues for a February 5–7, 2019 consolidated hearing in Van Nuys after Parent missed the prehearing conference, and kept Parent's late-start and audio-recording accommodations.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a January 23, 2019 hearing on whether Saddleback Valley's May 31, 2018 IEP denied Student a FAPE, and noted it had denied Student's motion to quash the District's subpoenas duces tecum.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's child-find and April 2018 IEP claims against Bellflower for a January 15, 2019 hearing, and ordered Bellflower to give contact information for former staff witnesses.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing; Denying Motion to BifurcateOAH denied Southern Kern's motion to bifurcate statute-of-limitations and prior-settlement issues because separate hearings would use the same witnesses and evidence and delay the case; it also granted a joint continuance.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Non-Expedited Issues and Denying Berkeley Unified's Motion to ContinueOAH denied Berkeley Unified's motion to continue its non-expedited assessment-without-consent hearing to allow mediation, because mediation requires both parties to agree, and kept the January 10, 2019 hearing date.
2018
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a December 2018 hearing on a deaf Student's interim IEP and placement claims, dismissing several issues as outside its jurisdiction and allowing Student to introduce IEP meeting recordings.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Capistrano's request to continue its own assessment-defense hearing. The district had known of its double-booking for a month and had multiple attorneys available to cover both hearings.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH granted Student's oral request to continue the hearing to December 11, 2018, citing a conflicting order in another case, but admonished counsel for not filing a written continuance motion.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's and Irvine's consolidated cases for a November 13, 2018 hearing, framing ten Student issues across six IEPs and Irvine's issue that its June 2018 IEP offered a FAPE.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, and Denying Motion for ContinuanceOAH denied Long Beach's request to push the hearing back more than three months, finding counsel's ongoing unavailability was not good cause when Student may be harmed without his motorized scooter.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Student's second request to continue the hearing on Redondo Beach's assessment case, finding missing records and a Parent's work conflict did not show good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, and Denying District's Motion for ContinuanceOAH denied Goleta's request to continue the hearing because a sick second grade teacher was not an essential witness when other staff could testify about Student's progress in general education.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the consolidated Garden Grove hearing for October 2018 and defined six issues. It denied without prejudice Student's motion for a witness to testify by phone and granted a joint request for audio recording.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set ten issues for an October 2018 consolidated hearing and overruled Oakland's objection that Student's behavior-assessment sub-issue was not specifically identified in her complaint.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's single issue for hearing: whether SMMUSD denied a FAPE since June 8, 2017, by not offering a residential treatment placement. It also allowed five phone witnesses and granted most of Student's requested accommodations.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set eight issues for a September 2018 hearing against Bellflower and declined to hear District's late motion to dismiss Issue 7 at the prehearing conference, ordering written briefing instead.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Campbell's case defending its fall 2017 triennial psychoeducational evaluation for hearing. The evaluation will be reviewed as a whole, including the academic testing Campbell had offered to fund independently.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set issues for hearing and overruled Fruitvale's objection, holding the first two hearing days at OAH's Van Nuys office so Student's expert witnesses could testify.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set District's case defending its behavior, occupational therapy, and speech assessments against IEE requests for hearing, and denied Mother's request to appear by phone because her cell connection was unreliable.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting ContinuanceOAH granted Student's opposed continuance so an essential expert could finish an assessment. Relevance of the expert's testimony is not decided on a continuance motion, and Antioch showed no prejudice.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE issues for a July 2018 hearing and denied District's motion to strike older allegations, because Student's counsel said no claim reached back more than two years.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH granted Elk Grove's request to continue its due process hearing because counsel and a witness were unavailable, over Mother's objection, and reset the prehearing conference and hearing for July 2018.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a June 2018 hearing on whether John Swett's February 2018 IEP offer provides FAPE, and ordered Parent to serve a one-page ex parte document on the District.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Order Granting Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's request, over District's opposition, to continue the hearing so the family could look for a lawyer, resetting the prehearing conference to July 9 and the hearing to July 17, 2018.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set four FAPE issues for a May 2018 hearing and ordered a short evidentiary session on the first morning to decide whether Student may bring claims from before June 22, 2015.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of May 4, 2018OAH set six Student issues and one District assessment issue for a May 2018 consolidated hearing, and granted Student's motion to make an unofficial audio recording of the hearing, with conditions.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set District's case to hearing on May 10 and 15, 2018, after Parents did not appear at the prehearing conference. The hearing will decide whether District's OT and psychoeducational assessments justify denying publicly funded IEEs.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Gilroy's two issues for an April 24, 2018 hearing and warned Gilroy that, to implement its IEP over Parent's objection, it must prove its entire offer is a FAPE, not just placement and services.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set four FAPE issues for an April 12, 2018 hearing against Greenfield Union School District and dismissed all issues outside its jurisdiction. These included Parent's requests for audits, punitive damages, and staff changes.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's residential-placement case against Santa Rosa for an April 3, 2018 hearing and allowed Monarch Academy witnesses to testify by phone or video. Santa Rosa must certify an accessible hearing facility within two days.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Continuance of Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH continued the hearing over District's objection so that District's motion and 50-plus pages of evidence could be translated into Spanish for self-represented, Spanish-speaking Parents to read and answer.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting in Part Request for ContinuanceOAH partly granted District's request for a brief continuance, set hearing for March 29 and April 3-5, 2018, defined the issues, and allowed several witnesses to testify remotely.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set nine issues for hearing against Antioch, moved the start to March 20, 2018, and set a deadline schedule for Antioch to produce employee witnesses after it refused to make them available without subpoenas.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Request to Continue Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing; and Setting MediationOAH granted Spanish-speaking Parents a continuance over Tahoe Truckee's objection because the district waited to tell OAH they needed an interpreter, so Parents got translated filings late.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set four FAPE issues for a February 13, 2018 hearing, narrowed to January–August 2015 without Antioch's objection, and ordered Antioch to certify within two business days that its hearing facility meets disability-access laws.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set hearing dates and two issues for District's case seeking to implement an IEP and assess Student without parental consent, after Parent did not join the prehearing conference.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's IEP claims for hearing and denied District's unexplained request to move the hearing to SELPA offices, because the new location was not reasonably convenient to Parent.
2017
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's case against Antioch for hearing starting December 19, 2017, on IEP implementation and procedural violations, plus whether pre-May 16, 2015 claims are time-barred.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's claims against Antioch for an October 24-26, 2017 hearing and let a Student witness testify over the District's objection after Student's counsel described what the witness would say.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set consolidated hearing dates and defined the issues: Oakland's IEP and assessment defenses and Student's FAPE claims. It granted Student's request to audio record and to open the hearing to the public.
- Amended Order Following Prehearing Conference of September 25, 2017OAH denied Student's request to move the hearing from the District's offices to OAH's San Diego office, ruling that wanting a neutral location is not a legal basis for changing venue.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of September 25, 2017OAH set child find, assessment, and FAPE issues for an October 2017 hearing and denied Student's request to move the hearing to OAH's San Diego office, finding a 'neutral location' is not a legal basis.
- Order Following Expedited Prehearing ConferenceOAH set two manifestation determination issues for an expedited hearing. Because District had not filed any response to Student's due process complaint, OAH ordered it to file one by September 19, 2017.
- Amendment to Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH redefined Student's hearing issues at the start of hearing because the prehearing conference order's issue list did not fully match Student's complaint; both parties agreed to the restated issues.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Continuing All Dates; and Ordering Response to Student's ComplaintOAH continued the consolidated hearing because the expedited schedule conflicted with the non-expedited schedule. Under M.C. v. Antelope Valley, it ordered Oakland to file a written response to Student's complaint by September 8, 2017.
- Order Following Expedited Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a September 7, 2017 expedited hearing on whether Highland Academy is an appropriate interim alternative setting, denied Student's request for more time to serve exhibits, and allowed two Student witnesses to testify by phone.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the issues for a consolidated three-day hearing and let Lodi audio record it over Student's objection, on conditions that keep OAH's recording as the only official record.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Request for Continuance; Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing Dates; and Ordering Response to Student's ComplaintOAH granted Burlingame a short continuance over Student's objection because its counsel was in another hearing, and ordered the District to respond to Student's complaint before the case proceeds to hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's issues and an August 29, 2017 hearing, and ordered District to file the required response to Student's complaint and to certify an accessible hearing facility.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set District's case to implement its IEP without Parent consent for hearing and limited Student to District's witnesses and exhibits because Student filed no prehearing conference statement and did not appear.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Denying Motion to Continue the Due Process HearingOAH denied District's eve-of-hearing continuance request because the conflicting hearing had settled and District knew of staff training and witness availability when it agreed to the current dates.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Orinda's case defending its May 2017 mental health assessment for hearing on August 22, 2017, and denied Student's request to shorten Orinda's time to respond to a planned consolidation motion.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request to continue the hearing because a brief medical note citing leg pain did not show she could not attend a hearing 16 days later, but allowed accommodations.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set San Leandro's hearing on whether five spring 2017 assessments were appropriate, and told Student she cannot seek an eligibility finding by motion but must file her own due process complaint.
- Corrected Order Following Prehearing Conference and Denying Motion to ContinueOAH denied Student's second request to continue District's assessment-consent hearing because Student gave no declaration or evidence of the claimed medical conflict, and set hearing for July 19, 2017.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Denying Motion to ContinueOAH denied Student's second request to continue District's assessment case because Student gave no declaration or evidence of a medical conflict, and set hearing for July 19, 2017.
- Order Following Expedited Prehearing Conference, Granting Change in Venue, and Ordering Response to Student's ComplaintOAH set expedited discipline and FAPE issues for a June 2017 hearing, moved the hearing site, and ordered San Francisco to respond to Student's complaint before the case could proceed.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's claims against Los Altos for a June 2017 hearing, limiting the 2014-2015 claims to after March 6, 2015 because no facts were pled to extend the two-year statute of limitations.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Student's motion to bifurcate the assessment issue from the remedy phase. Splitting the hearing would duplicate the consolidated cases and could conflict with the 45-day decision deadline.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE claims against Liberty for a May 16, 2017 hearing and dropped Student's Section 504, ADA, and civil rights claim because OAH lacks jurisdiction over those claims.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH continued the prehearing conference after Student's attorney failed to appear or file a notice of settlement, and warned that further noncompliance would bring an order to show cause on dismissal and sanctions.
- Order Denying Student's Request for Continuance and to Reopen Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Student's requests to continue the hearing and to reopen the prehearing conference. The continuance repeated jurisdiction arguments OAH had already rejected, and Parents never told OAH they could not attend.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Continuing All Dates, and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH continued all dates and ordered briefing on whether Sacramento City must answer Student's amended complaint and bear delay costs, citing the Ninth Circuit's M.C. v. Antelope Valley decision.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set six hearing days in March 2017 on Student's child find and FAPE claims dating to November 2012, and granted Student's request to audio record the hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Motion to Continue, and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted Parent's opposed request to continue the hearing so she could review the District's 52 exhibits and get pending private assessment results, but rejected her request for more time to find a lawyer.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a February 2017 remand hearing limited to Student's remedies: residential placement, compensatory education, and staff training. It granted Student's audio-recording request and took a telephone-witness request under submission.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set four issues for a February 2017 hearing and ruled that District's statute-of-limitations defense is a question of fact. It dismissed Student's Section 504 and ADA claims for lack of jurisdiction.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Change of Hearing Location, Granting Continuance, and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH moved the hearing from Tehachapi to Bakersfield over District's opposition. Bakersfield was reasonably convenient to Parents, and District's attorneys are based there. OAH also granted an unopposed continuance and set the hearing issues.
2016
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of December 12, 2016; Order Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted District's first request for a four-week continuance over Student's objection. Counsel's pre-planned vacation and two other scheduled OAH hearings were good cause, and reimbursement or compensatory education could address any harm.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's due process hearing against San Ramon for December 2016 and defined the issues as procedural and substantive FAPE denials in three 2016 IEPs, with Lindamood Bell placement as the requested remedy.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH held the prehearing conference on Soledad's case only after Mother could not be reached, and set a December 1, 2016 hearing on whether Soledad may implement its September 26, 2016 IEP without consent.
- Order Denying Student's Motion Opposing ALJ's Substantive Change of Issue as MootOAH denied as moot Student's motion to change how issues were worded in the prehearing conference order, because a separate order had already dismissed the entire issues Student wanted reworded.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE claims against Elk Grove for hearing starting November 22, 2016. It allowed Student to audio-record the hearing, barred video recording, and opened the hearing to the public at Parent's request.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Mother's first request for a short continuance over Lodi's opposition because a family emergency kept her from participating, resetting the prehearing conference to November 21 and the hearing to November 29, 2016.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the consolidated hearing to begin November 2, 2016. The issues are whether Bassett's 2016 IEP offer was predetermined and offered FAPE in the least restrictive environment. Student's request to audio record was denied without prejudice.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Unexpedited HearingOAH set child find, assessment, IEP and behavior-plan issues for Student's non-expedited hearing against Parlier, and denied a Spanish interpreter for public observers because OAH provides interpreters only for parties and witnesses.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Denying Motion for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH denied Student's request to continue the hearing because the attorney's other hearings were filed later, these cases had priority, and assigned lead counsel was experienced enough to try the case.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set four issues for an October 11, 2016 open hearing at Parlier High School and denied Student's request for a Spanish interpreter for public observers because it would unduly delay and disrupt the hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of October 3, 2016OAH set three issues for Student's hearing against Dehesa and its charter school. It refused to expand the behavior issue to cover academic instruction because neither complaint mentioned those services.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of September 30, 2016; Order Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted the Districts' first continuance request over Student's opposition, citing their attorney's scheduling conflicts and a key witness's vacation, and reset the hearing to November 2016.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the consolidated hearing for September 27, 2016, and framed the least-restrictive-environment and physical therapy issues. It denied, without prejudice, Student's opposed request to move the third hearing day.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Bifurcation; Setting Bifurcated Due Process Hearing and Due Process HearingOAH granted District's request to hear the statute of limitations tolling question first, because deciding that threshold issue could reduce or eliminate Student's remaining FAPE claims.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Parlier's agreed request to continue all dates over its counsel's scheduling conflicts, reset the hearing to October 11, 2016, and ordered Student to clarify vague issues before the next prehearing conference.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set four issues for a September 2016 hearing on the District's restraint, goal implementation, report card, and IEP team attendance, and let a District witness testify by telephone.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a September 2016 hearing on Student's claims that Santa Barbara failed to implement the IEP and committed procedural violations. It dismissed two of Student's listed problems for lack of jurisdiction.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the issues for a consolidated hearing in September 2016. At Student's request, it included a claim that Student should have been found eligible for special education under autism, relying on E.M. v. Pajaro Valley.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set eight issues for hearing and dismissed several of Student's proposed issues over objection, finding some duplicative and one to be a request for a remedy rather than a claimed violation.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set four issues for an August 2016 hearing on child find, eligibility, services, and Student's diploma exit, and dropped a fifth complaint issue because OAH lacked jurisdiction over it.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and (1) Setting Continued Mediation, Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing Dates, and (2) Continuing Order to Show CauseOAH continued the due process hearing to September 27, 2016 at all parties' joint request, set mediation and a continued prehearing conference, and moved the order to show cause on OAH expenses to August 3, 2016.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set District's hearing to defend its psychoeducational assessment against an independent evaluation request. Student, who missed the prehearing conference and filed no statement, may not offer exhibits or witnesses other than Parent.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Changing Location for Hearing, and Denying District's Motion to Require Student to File and Serve an Amended Prehearing Conference StatementOAH denied Pasadena Unified's motion to force Student to file an amended prehearing statement answering District's assessment claim because District showed no undue prejudice. OAH also set the consolidated hearing issues and moved the hearing to McKinley School.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Student's Request for Continuance; Setting New Hearing Dates; and Granting Change in VenueOAH granted a self-represented Parent's second continuance over Healdsburg's objection, finding that Student's intent to seek a lawyer was good cause. The hearing on the district's request to exit Student from special education was reset to July 26, 2016.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of June 6, 2016OAH set four Student issues and one Districts issue for a June 14, 2016 consolidated hearing and dismissed Student's attorney's fees request on its own because OAH lacks jurisdiction over fees.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE claims against Kern County Superintendent for a June 2016 hearing in Van Nuys and reframed a broad issue itself after Student refused to clarify it, calling that request impermissible discovery.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set seven Student issues and one District issue for a consolidated June 2016 hearing on Student's placement in a moderate-to-severe classroom, and granted Student's request to audio-record the hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of May 23, 2016OAH set the consolidated hearing for five days in June 2016 and framed Student's child find, eligibility, and IEP claims and the Districts' claim that their psychoeducational assessment was appropriate.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's due process hearing for May 17-19, 2016, and framed the issues. Several issues end at the March 11, 2016 filing date rather than the open-ended period Student wanted.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the consolidated hearing for April 11, 2016, defined District's IEE issue and Student's FAPE issues, let District present first, and allowed counsel to audio-record the hearing under strict conditions.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set District's case to assess Student without parental consent for a March 1, 2016 hearing in San Diego. Student filed no exhibit or witness lists, and evidence objections were deferred to hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the consolidated hearing for March 2016, defined Student's child find, eligibility and placement issues and District's FAPE and assessment issues, and allowed one telephonic witness and audio recording.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the hearing on whether San Bruno's July 21, 2015 IEP offered Student a FAPE in the least restrictive environment. It denied Parent's request for more time to exchange evidence and allowed Parent to audio-record the hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's three IEP claims against Vacaville for a February 2016 hearing and dismissed Student's Section 504, ADA, and civil rights claim for lack of jurisdiction.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's due process hearing against Sacramento City for February 2016 and overruled the District's objections to the time frame of one issue and to Student's hostile-environment claim.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a January 26, 2016 hearing on Student's assessment, placement, IEP, and prior written notice claims, and allowed three witnesses to testify by telephone.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE claims against Sacramento for a January 2016 hearing, dismissed the District's own case without prejudice at its request, and ruled Student bears the burden of proof as the filing party.
2015
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a January 5, 2016 hearing on whether District formed and breached an enforceable settlement agreement and whether OAH has jurisdiction, and denied Student's request to audio record the hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set seven issues for a November 2015 hearing against San Lorenzo, refusing to add health as an assessment area because it was not pled but keeping a behavior-support claim that was adequately pled.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Request for Continuance; and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Sacramento City's first continuance over Student's opposition and found good cause. Counsel and the special education director were unavailable, and Student had not filed a complete prehearing conference statement.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the consolidated hearing to begin October 29, 2015, and narrowed the issues after Student withdrew some claims. Over District's objection, it allowed both sides to audio record the hearing as a courtesy.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Setting Dates; Clarifying Issues; and, Denying Request to BifurcateOAH denied Winters' request to bifurcate its private-placement defense because Davis's issues would survive anyway. On its own reconsideration, OAH also dropped Student's placement-recommendation claim against Davis based on a prior order.
- Order Denying in Part and Granted in Part Motion to Amend Prehearing Conference of October 9, 2015OAH refused Student's request to rewrite the hearing issue, add a hearing day, and add an IEP-meeting remedy, but struck the independent educational evaluation (IEE) remedy at Student's request.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Request for Continuance; and Setting Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's first request for a brief continuance over West Contra Costa's opposition, finding good cause to finalize a pending settlement and accommodate counsel's unavailability, and set a mileage reimbursement issue for hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Denying Motions to Continue and to Conduct Hearing Outside of Standard Business HoursOAH denied Fresno's opposed request to continue the hearing for lack of good cause, denied Student's request for early-morning or evening hearing hours, and set five issues for hearing.
- Order Granting Motion to Clarify Issues for HearingOAH granted Student's motion to clarify the hearing issues and rewrote them after finding they needed restating. The case now centers on whether District failed to timely fund or defend its evaluation after an IEE request.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH set a September 1, 2015 hearing on one issue: whether District's January 2015 speech and language assessment was inappropriate, entitling Student to an independent evaluation at public expense. OAH also granted Student's request to audio record.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Student's motion to continue the August 25, 2015 hearing because her attorney created the scheduling conflict herself and did not show the required substantial good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Denying Request to Continue Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Father's request to continue only the prehearing conference because the scheduling order had been mailed in June, then set Student's 11 sub-issues and the District's assessment issue for an August 2015 hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Charter Schools' request to delay the hearing because the school's summer closure and two vacationing witnesses could be handled by adding a hearing day and starting at OAH's office.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Request to Change Hearing VenueOAH set District's eligibility and assessment case for hearing, moved it to OAH's San Diego office, and limited Student's exhibits and witnesses to District's lists because no one appeared or filed for Student.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set twenty FAPE issues for an open, public hearing and let Parents audio record it. It also barred video recording and media discussion but refused to require media to identify themselves.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting Motion to Bifurcate Issues and Setting New Hearing DatesOAH granted District's motion to bifurcate. It will first decide whether District owed Student a FAPE after Student allegedly withdrew at age 19, because that threshold question could narrow or eliminate the FAPE issues.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the consolidated hearing's issues, dates, and rules, and denied Student's request that Santa Clara present its witnesses first because Student's case is the lead case.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Student's motion to move the hearing from Castro Valley's district offices to OAH's Oakland office. Parents' negative feelings about the district do not make the district's offices inconvenient.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a June 2015 hearing on whether Manhattan Beach denied FAPE by not implementing the IEP placement, and kept Student's framing of the issue while treating the District's funding argument as an affirmative defense.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting Continuance of Hearing DateOAH partially granted Student's opposed request to continue the hearing to July, moving it only to early June 2015 because two Brentwood witnesses would be unavailable in July.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH denied Parents' oral request for a further 90-day continuance. Uncertainty about whether Spanish-language documents would be admitted was not good cause, and Parents had nine weeks to gather them.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a June 2015 hearing on whether the Charter Schools violated their child find duties, and allowed three Charter Schools witnesses to testify by telephone.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set District's case defending its 2014 assessments for hearing on May 26–28, 2015, and allowed one District witness to testify by phone.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the consolidated hearing for late May and early June 2015, defined Student's four FAPE issues and District's assessment issue, and let both attorneys audio record the hearing under strict conditions.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Poway's case defending two 2014 assessments against an independent evaluation request for hearing on May 13, 2015, and allowed Student's expert, Dr. Jill Weckerly, to testify by phone.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE and transition-plan claims for a May 12, 2015 hearing and denied Tamalpais's motion to strike a placement issue, finding the complaint suggested special education classes.
- Order Denying Student's Request to Amend Issue One as Defined in Prehearing Conference OrderOAH denied Student's request to reword the statute-of-limitations issue in the prehearing conference order. The proposed wording only restated the exceptions, and the existing issue made no substantive change.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of April 20, 2015, on Remanded IssuesOAH set a remand hearing for April 28–30, 2015 after a federal court remand, framing issues on Parent's limited IEP consent, failure to implement, delayed or missing assessments, and loss of educational benefit.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Continuance Requests and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's continuance over counsel's conflicting older hearing, but refused the parties' agreed September date and reset hearing to late June 2015 after the district counsel's prepaid vacation.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the consolidated hearing issues on aide support, bullying, counseling, placement, and Spanish translation for Parents. It overruled Antioch's objection that Student's one-to-one aide claim was too vague.
- Order After Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the issues and hearing rules for consolidated Student and Sacramento City cases, allowed Student to add tutoring reimbursement as a remedy over District's objection, and deferred ruling on observing the proposed placement.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting Motion to ContinueOAH granted Student's opposed request to continue the due process hearing so Student could try to retain counsel, resetting the hearing to May 12-14, 2015, and warned against further continuances for counsel unavailability.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Parent's Request for Continuance and Setting Mediation, Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted a Spanish-speaking Mother's continuance over District's objection, finding good cause because District served its due process complaint only in English and she could not understand it.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Denying Motion to ContinueOAH denied Oakland's second request to continue the hearing. Its attorneys' conflicting hearings were set later with their consent, and both its law firm and the district had other staff available.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH found the self-represented Parent showed good cause for missing a prior prehearing conference and not filing a prehearing statement, then set a two-day hearing on whether District denied FAPE by refusing a 1:1 aide.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Continuance of Prehearing Conference; Order to Show CauseOAH ordered Mother to show cause why Student's case should not be dismissed with prejudice. She missed the prehearing conference without asking for a continuance, and the PHC was reset to March 13, 2015.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing Conference, Including Order Partially Granting District's Motion to Limit IssuesOAH partly granted District's motion to limit issues, confining Student's eligibility claim to the two years before the complaint, because District's conduct after the complaint was filed is not relevant to that claim.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting Request to Change Location of Mediation and Due Process HearingOAH moved the mediation and hearing from District offices to OAH San Diego. A restraining order barred Student's father from District sites, and both sides accepted OAH's office as a neutral location.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Motion to Continue and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's first request for a short continuance over Antioch's opposition, finding good cause because Student's expert witness was unavailable for the scheduled hearing week.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing on the Remand of Compensatory RemedyOAH set a remand hearing on a compensatory remedy for Cupertino's failure to implement Student's IEP. It denied Cupertino's request to vacate the hearing and Student's bid to bar district counsel as a likely witness.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Mediation, Prehearing Conference, and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted District's first continuance request over Student's objection because District's counsel had a confirmed conflict with another due process hearing, and reset mediation, the prehearing conference, and the hearing for March 2015.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set four issues for a consolidated February 2015 hearing and granted Student's requests to have two doctors testify by phone and to let counsel audio record the hearing under set conditions.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH held the prehearing conference without Parent and set District's case to defend its occupational therapy assessment for a February 17, 2015 hearing. Parent was on vacation, and repeated calls reached only a full voicemail.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Palo Alto's case seeking to exit Student from special education for hearing on February 18, 2015, after Student's parents told the ALJ they would not take part in the prehearing conference or hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting Motion to ContinueOAH granted Student's opposed motion to continue the District-filed due process hearing, finding good cause so Parents could retain legal counsel, but warned no further continuances would be granted for that reason.
2014
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Student's request to televise and videotape the due process hearing. Privacy, the District's opposition, and the risk of disruption outweighed Student's interest, and the hearing was opened to the public in person instead.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH granted a joint continuance after a family death, reset the hearing to December 8, 2014, set four issues on special education eligibility and records access, and overruled San Francisco's objections to the issue and remedy wording.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Request to Bifurcate Issues; Granting Request to Continue Dates; and Setting Due Process Hearing ScheduleOAH granted the parties' joint request to decide Student's district of residence first, on a written record, because residency decides which of three districts must provide a FAPE. OAH continued the remaining hearing dates.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH set a three-day hearing on whether District's May 14, 2014 IEP offered Student a FAPE, denied Parents' renewed continuance request, moved the hearing to San Diego, and ordered a bailiff present.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set five manifestation determination issues for an expedited hearing starting September 23, 2014. Over High Tech's objection, it ordered the hearing held at High Tech's San Marcos facility rather than OAH's San Diego office.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the issues for a consolidated hearing, let Student record the hearing, and tentatively ruled that the two-year statute of limitations is jurisdictional despite the parties' stipulation.
- Order Dismissing IssuesOAH dismissed most of Student's issues at Student's request during hearing. After reviewing the prehearing conference recording, it rejected District's claim that Student had withdrawn the physical therapy assessment issue.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH dismissed its earlier order to show cause after Student's attorney explained her absence from the first prehearing conference, and set 15 issues for a September 2014 hearing against Berkeley.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing Conference, Continuing Pre-Hearing Conference and Due Process Hearing, and Denying Motion to Change Venue Without PrejudiceOAH continued the hearing to November 17, 2014, on Parent's unopposed request so Parent could find a lawyer, but denied without prejudice her request to move the hearing downtown.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH denied District's request to continue the hearing because summer vacation is not good cause, set five issues for hearing, and tentatively limited Student's claims to the two-year limitations period.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of June 2, 2014OAH set Student's two FAPE issues for a June 10, 2014 hearing at District's office. The issues are independent evaluations, and the goals, services, and placement in the September 2013 IEP. OAH also denied District's objection to Student's prehearing statement.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference of June 2, 2014OAH set the District's hearing on its 2014 assessment and March 2014 IEP for June 10-12, 2014, and denied Student's request to continue for mediation because the District declined to mediate.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH denied Parent's request to delay District's hearing to finish pending independent evaluations, because the hearing concerns only the November 2013 IEP offer.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Continuing Pre-Hearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Parent a brief continuance, moving the hearing to May 20, 2014, so she could get a lawyer. The District objected because Student's triennial assessment was already delayed.
- Corrected Order Following Prehearing Conference, Denying Request for Continuance and Continuing Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Student's request to continue the hearing for lack of good cause, continued only the prehearing conference, and warned of a sanctions hearing against Student's counsel if no PHC statement was filed.
- Order Continuing Pre-Hearing Conference and Order to Show Cause Why the PHC and Due Process Hearing Should Not Proceed as ScheduledOAH continued the prehearing conference and ordered Parent to show cause why the hearing should not go forward as scheduled, after Parent missed the PHC and gave no specific continuance dates.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE claims about parent participation, assessments, Braille instruction, and services for hearing, allowed briefing on the disputed timeframe, and let Respondents present a witness by telephone.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's single occupational therapy issue for the 2014 extended school year for hearing, moved the hearing site, and allowed one out-of-state witness to testify by phone, although Student's advocate missed the conference.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; and Order Setting Due Process Hearing ScheduleOAH granted the parties' joint request to decide Clovis's case on a written record. It refused to say in the issue that a certificate of proficiency equals a diploma, because that is a legal conclusion.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH confirmed hearing dates starting February 25, 2014, and framed four issues for hearing, including whether District wrongly refused residential placement. Student's assessment claim was limited to the two challenges pleaded in the complaint.
2013
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH continued the consolidated hearing to January 27, 2014, over the District's opposition, because Student's attorney withdrew shortly before hearing. OAH warned that no further continuances would be granted.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set District's case for a five-day hearing on whether its 2013 IEP offer provided a FAPE, and admonished Student's representatives for twice failing to file a required prehearing conference statement.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's claims against Probation for hearing, which will be heard alongside a related case, and granted Student's request to let expert Peter Leone, Ph.D., testify by telephone.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting ContinuanceOAH granted Student's continuance over the District's opposition because Student's attorney had a prior scheduling conflict with the original hearing date, resetting hearing to November 2013.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's consolidated FAPE claims against Riverside COE for an October 21, 2013 hearing and dismissed several issues on its own because they fell outside special education due process jurisdiction.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Denying Motion for a ContinuanceOAH denied Student's third continuance request. Father's claimed work conflicts were not documented, and counsel took on a conflicting Fresno hearing after he already knew these hearing dates.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Order Granting Motion to Bifurcate; and Order Granting Motion to ContinueOAH granted the probation department's opposed motion to bifurcate and will first decide whether it is a public agency responsible for Student's FAPE, and granted CCCOE's continuance over Student's objection.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Order Granting Motion to Bifurcate; and Order Granting Motion to ContinueOAH granted the Probation Department's opposed motion to bifurcate, so whether it is a responsible public agency will be heard first, and granted CCCOE's opposed continuance for pre-existing scheduling conflicts.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Order Granting Motion to Bifurcate; and Order Granting Motion to ContinueOAH granted the probation department's request to first hear, separately, whether it is a public agency responsible for Student's education, finding the question distinct enough that judicial economy favored bifurcation.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Continuing Prehearing Conference OnlyOAH briefly continued the prehearing conference after Student's attorney twice failed to file a required prehearing statement, and warned that further noncompliance could lead to an order to show cause regarding sanctions.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE claims against San Francisco Unified for hearing in September 2013 and deferred ruling on the District's request for telephonic testimony by a former employee, Dr. Packer.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set the District's FAPE case for hearing but ruled it will not begin until Student's educational rights holder is confirmed, because a Superior Court order was unclear on that point.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing Conference and Denying Oral Motion for Venue ChangeOAH denied WUHSD/SELPA's oral request to move the hearing to Whittier because the Alhambra location was convenient for parents and most witnesses work in Alhambra.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH set the District's assessment case for hearing and limited Student to the District's exhibits and witnesses, plus Parents and rebuttal evidence, because no one for Student filed a prehearing statement or appeared.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH set the District's IEE-defense hearing for July 23, 2013, on whether its psycho-educational and speech-language assessments were appropriate, and allowed one Student witness to testify by phone.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH set Student's case for a July 16-18, 2013 hearing and ordered Father to file an overdue PHC statement. It also denied District's request to delay one witness's testimony, because District already received a witness-availability continuance.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a July 2, 2013 hearing on whether the District may assess Student without parental consent. Because Student filed no prehearing statement, Student may use only the District's exhibits and witnesses, except for rebuttal.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a four-day consolidated hearing and refused to move one of Student's allegations to another school year without a formal amendment, because the change would be material.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a May 29, 2013 hearing on three FAPE issues in Student's consolidated cases. It left out Father's requests for money damages and case costs because the ALJ has no authority to award them.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing Conference of May 8, 2013OAH set a two-day hearing on whether Anaheim City may assess Student, and denied Parent's second continuance request because she had already had ample time to find a lawyer.
- Prehearing Conference OrderOAH set Student's claims against Compton Unified and LACOE for a May 7, 2013 hearing and denied Student's venue-change motion without prejudice.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's case against California Children's Services for a May 7–9, 2013 hearing and denied Student an extra hearing day for experts because Student should have checked expert availability earlier.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set a two-day hearing on whether District may exit Student from speech and language eligibility, and let self-represented Parents use a 2010 assessment even though they had not exchanged exhibits.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Motion to Withdraw as Counsel, Granting Continuance and Setting New DatesOAH let Student's attorney withdraw over Parent's objection, finding Student would not suffer undue prejudice, and continued the hearing to late May 2013 so Parent could find new counsel or prepare.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set six issues for a nine-day hearing and limited Student's claims to January 25, 2011 onward, because a January 2011 settlement agreement released all earlier claims.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH set a single issue for a February 12, 2013 hearing: whether District denied Student a FAPE by failing to fund an independent educational evaluation within a reasonable time. It also denied Student's motion to record the hearing.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing ConferenceOAH set District's triennial-assessment case for hearing on February 7, 2013. Because Student filed no prehearing conference statement or exhibits, Student must give District witness and exhibit lists and documents within days.
- Order Granting Request for Second Prehearing ConferenceOAH granted District's request for a second prehearing conference after consolidation, but warned District it may face sanctions for a frivolous motion if nothing material changes.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH set Student's FAPE and least-restrictive-environment claims for a January 2013 hearing at District offices, and denied Student's request to move the hearing because the location was reasonably convenient to the family.
- Order (1) Following Prehearing Conference and (2) Denying Student's Motion for Change of VenueOAH denied Student's request to move the hearing from District offices to OAH's Los Angeles office, finding no evidence the location was unfair or inconvenient, and set consolidated issues for hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing ConferenceOAH confirmed a three-day hearing on District's assessment and termination claims and dropped District's request to end services based on future triennial results because that claim is not ripe and outside OAH's jurisdiction.