California OAH Special Education Decisions from 2024
69 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 10, split in 21, district prevailed on all issues in 38.
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- Student v. Lodi Unified School District (consolidated)Lodi Unified may exit a sixth grader from special education without parental consent; all of the student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Monrovia Unified School District (consolidated)Monrovia Unified denied FAPE by not offering social skills training and must fund up to $3,200 in PEERS sessions.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 16 issues
- Student v. Kern High School District (consolidated)Kern High School District may exit a 16-year-old from special education without parent consent; its assessments were upheld and no IEEs ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified prevails on all claims over 2022–2024 IEPs; aide, therapy, and nonpublic school requests denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Palm Springs Unified School District v. StudentPalm Springs Unified need not fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation; ALJ finds its May 2024 assessment legally compliant.District prevailed on all issues
- Escondido Union School District v. StudentEscondido Union may move a transitional kindergartner to Miller Elementary's SEAS program for 45 school days after showing danger of injury.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Culver City Unified School DistrictCulver City Unified prevails on all claims about an eighth grader's IEP goals, services, and absence after March 2024.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Paramount Unified School DistrictParamount Unified prevails on all ten claims over its June 2024 IEP; the ALJ upholds reassessment before changing services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all claims about assessments, a 2022 IEP, and IEP team attendance; no relief ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified prevails on all claims about reassessment, regression services, and parent training for a transfer student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Alamitos Unified School DistrictLos Alamitos Unified must reimburse up to $24,695 for a parent's residential placement after delaying placement for a student in crisis.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Kentfield School DistrictOn remand, ALJ finds Kentfield School District student was eligible for special education for a specific learning disability in January 2020.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all claims by a preschooler with a speech or language impairment; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all 24 claims about a preschooler's assessment, aides, communication device, behavior services, and parent training.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's offer of the Riley School therapeutic day program upheld; claims for out-of-state residential placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Simi Valley Unified School District v. StudentSimi Valley Unified may exit sixth grader from special education without parental consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pleasanton Unified School District (consolidated)Pleasanton Unified must restore student to special education and fund a psychoeducational IEE after an eligibility exit based on a flawed assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all 15 claims about assessments, goals, services, and placement for third grader with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Madera Unified School District v. StudentMadera Unified may not exit a five-year-old with autism from special education based on one unreliable autism test.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified must fund $47,610 in compensatory education for inadequate behavior support and ended speech services; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 11 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Roseville Joint Union High School DistrictRoseville Joint Union High School District prevails on all 17 assessment and services claims, including home or hospital instruction.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all six claims about assessments, aide, goals, parent training, and transition plan for senior.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Huntington Beach Union High School DistrictHuntington Beach Union must hold an IEP meeting to fix unmeasurable 2023 goals; five other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified wins every claim over goals, home ABA, parent training, mental health assessment, and OT for kindergartner with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rosedale Union School District (consolidated)Rosedale Union must fund independent speech and psychoeducational evaluations after holding two IEP meetings without parents; may assess without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 14 issues
- Student v. Covina-Valley Unified School DistrictCovina-Valley Unified prevails on all decided issues and all of Student's claims for relief are denied; late assessments were procedural violations that did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Twin Rivers Unified School District (consolidated)Twin Rivers Unified must restore $8,800 for READ Academy tuition and pay mileage; January 2024 IEP denied FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified dismissed because a directly funded charter school, not the district, was responsible for the student's FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Tahoe Truckee Unified School District v. StudentTahoe Truckee Unified may not implement deaf tenth grader's IEP without parent consent; ASL interpreter, speech, transportation offers denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified may implement IEP placing first-grader in special day class without parent consent; student's LRE and aide claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Lorenzo Unified School DistrictSan Lorenzo Unified prevails on all eight claims over executive functioning assessment, goals, and IEP implementation for an 11th grader.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Kern High School DistrictKern High School District's finding that a student's false 911 shooter call was not disability-related is upheld; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified must fund independent psychoeducational and speech-language evaluations after failing to prove its 2023 reevaluation was appropriate.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- The Accelerated Schools v. StudentThe Accelerated Schools cannot implement its nonpublic school IEP over parent's objection; ALJ finds goals, services and minutes inadequate.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Jurupa Unified School DistrictALJ found Jurupa Unified's mostly special day class offer was not the LRE and ordered $11,602.06 reimbursement; federal court later vacated decision.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issuesVacated on appealVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Classical Academy High SchoolClassical Academy High School must provide 68 hours of compensatory services and fund a behavior IEE; private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 26 of 46 issues (10 in part)
- Center Joint Unified School District v. StudentCenter Joint Unified may not place an eighth grader at a separate special education school without Parent's consent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union High must fund occupational therapy and speech/AAC IEEs and train staff over a records-only triennial and unconsented goal changes.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund residential treatment, 254 compensatory hours, and an occupational therapy evaluation after stalled assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 47 of 65 issues
- Student v. Escondido Union High School District (consolidated)Escondido Union High must fund Winston School tuition and independent evaluations after its assessments and IEP offer were found inadequate.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Venture Academy v. StudentVenture Academy may implement its reduced-services IEP and reassess a sixth grader without parental consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Piedmont Unified School DistrictPiedmont Unified prevails: shared paraeducators offered a FAPE, and Student did not need a dedicated ABA-trained aide with BCBA supervision.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all three claims involving child find, prior written notice, and a speech-language assessment for a fifth grader.District prevailed on all issues
- Pleasanton Unified School District v. StudentPleasanton Unified may not assess without consent under flawed 2023 plan; must issue new triennial plan and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Alhambra Unified School District v. StudentAlhambra Unified need not fund three IEEs; ALJ finds its speech, OT, and behavior assessments legally compliant.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictSan Bernardino City Unified ordered to fund 1,124.5 compensatory hours and train staff after failing to address a student's two-year school refusal.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ukiah Unified School District (consolidated)Ukiah Unified must fund 277 compensatory hours, an AAC assessment, and staff training; its October 2023 IEP is rejected.Split decision: student prevailed on 32 of 38 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Panama-Buena Vista Unified School DistrictPanama-Buena Vista wrongly found TikTok posts were not a manifestation of a student's autism, but no expedited relief was ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues
- Student v. Madera Unified School District (consolidated)Madera Unified must fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation after unnecessarily delaying its due process filing; ten other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 12 issues
- Anaheim Elementary School District v. StudentAnaheim Elementary's occupational therapy assessment upheld, so no IEE at public expense; the district must correct errors in the report.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. High Tech Los Angeles Charter High SchoolHigh Tech Los Angeles Charter prevails on all nine claims; missing-goal claims were time barred and other claims failed on the evidence.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified showed that removing the student was justified, but OAH rejected its one-hour-a-day in-home interim setting as inadequate.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified violated stay put by disenrolling a hard-of-hearing student; ALJ orders staff training but denies tuition and compensatory education.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 2 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund 18 hours of compensatory services for failing to implement a student's behavior intervention services.Student prevailed on all issues
- Conejo Valley Unified School District v. StudentConejo Valley Unified may not place a student with autism in a Texas residential center without parent consent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Snowline Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Snowline Joint Unified prevails on every issue; a settlement waiver barred earlier claims, and its December 2023 IEP was approved.District prevailed on all issues
- Mountain View-Whisman School District v. StudentMountain View-Whisman may place a first grader in a nonpublic school for up to 45 school days after proving injury risk.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach Unified must train administrators after delaying an assessment plan; tuition reimbursement and twelve other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues
- Lancaster School District v. StudentLancaster School District need not fund behavior and assistive technology IEEs; ALJ orders correction of an assessment report error.District prevailed on all issues
- Manteca Unified School District v. StudentManteca Unified may exit an eighth grader from special education without parental consent, ALJ rules after repeated assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chula Vista Elementary School DistrictChula Vista Elementary prevails on all claims over a student's 2022 and 2023 IEP goals, services, aide, ABA, and parent training.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Perris Union High School DistrictPerris Union High School District prevails on all ten claims challenging a high school student's 2022 and 2023 IEPs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified prevails on every claim; ALJ finds fifth grader with ADHD did not need special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified must reimburse $47,232 in residential school education costs and fund 70 counseling hours; residential treatment was not required.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 24 issues (1 in part)Vanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. South Sutter Charter School (consolidated)South Sutter Charter School must fund about $26,000 in private dyslexia tutoring and mileage and train staff; assessment, assistive technology, and ESY claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 15 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Bonsall Unified School DistrictBonsall Unified denied a preschooler a FAPE by not offering transportation after moving his class; must add transportation and 56 hours.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Grossmont Union High School DistrictGrossmont Union High School District wins all claims over its adult transition program offer for a privately placed student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union High School District prevails; manifestation team need not decide IEP implementation question once it finds conduct disability-related.District prevailed on all issues
- Garden Grove Unified School District v. StudentGarden Grove Unified may implement a student's May 2023 IEP, including a move to a moderate-severe special day class, without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues