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Gifted Hearing Officer Decisions
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Since 2006, the Office for Dispute Resolution has made hearing officer decisions available to the public on this website. Before these decisions are posted, all identifiable student information is removed to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
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| List of Hearing Officer Decisions | ||||||
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| Decision Date | File Number | LEA | IU | Hearing Officer | Issue(s) | |
| Download PDF | 03/21/2015 | 15919-14-15 | Pittsburgh School District | 02 | Cathy Skidmore | Discipline |
| Download PDF | 03/21/2015 | 15632-14-15 | Khepera Charter School | 26 | William Culleton | Child Find Evaluation Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 03/09/2015 | 15359-14-15 | Red Lion Area School District | 12 | William Culleton | Hearing Impaired Evaluation Free Appropriate Public Education Behavior |
| Download PDF | 03/02/2015 | 15270-14-15 | Pennsbury School District | 22 | Brian Ford | Child Find Eligibility Compensatory Education Tuition Reimbursement Residential Placement |
| Download PDF | 03/02/2015 | 15800-14-15 | Norristown Area School District | 23 | Anne Carroll | Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 03/02/2015 | 15698-14-15 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | William Culleton | |
| Download PDF | 02/26/2015 | 15422-14-15 | Hamburg Area School District | 14 | Linda Valentini | IEP Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 02/21/2015 | 15677-14-15 | Owen J. Roberts School District | 24 | Linda Valentini | Parent Rights Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 02/21/2015 | 15721-14-15 | Owen J. Roberts School District | 24 | Linda Valentini | Parent Rights Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 02/21/2015 | 15737-14-15 | Owen J. Roberts School District | 24 | Linda Valentini | Parent Rights Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 02/21/2015 | 15811-14-15 | Owen J. Roberts School District | 24 | Linda Valentini | Parent Rights Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 02/21/2015 | 15762-14-15 | Columbia Borough School District | 13 | Michael McElligott | Discipline Alternative Education Setting Transfer into District |
| Download PDF | 02/20/2015 | 15770-14-15 | Solanco School District | 13 | Shawn Lochinger | Gifted and/or Talented Identification Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 02/19/2015 | 15478-14-15 | Solanco School District | 13 | William Culleton | Section 504 Child Find Procedural Safeguards Compensatory Education Witnesses |
| Download PDF | 02/15/2015 | 15576-14-15 | Lower Merion School District | 23 | Anne Carroll | Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 02/10/2015 | 15330-14-15 | Perkiomen Valley School District | 23 | William Culleton | Evaluation IEP Evidence Private School Placement |
| Download PDF | 02/03/2015 | 14638-13-14 | Cumberland Valley School District | 15 | Brian Ford | Child Find Eligibility Discrimination Retaliation Section 504 |
| Download PDF | 01/30/2015 | 15168-13-15 | Peters Township School District | 01 | Michael McElligott | Behavior IEP Progress Related Services |
| Download PDF | 01/20/2015 | 15052-13-14 | Hamburg Area School District | 14 | William Culleton | IEP Evaluation Parent Rights Free Appropriate Public Education |
| Download PDF | 01/19/2015 | 15486-14-15 | Owen J. Roberts School District | 24 | Linda Valentini | Identification Evaluation Transfer into District |
| Download PDF | 01/12/2015 | 15671-14-15 | Walter D Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School | 26 | Linda Valentini | Independent Educational Evaluation Agreements |
| Download PDF | 01/10/2015 | 15100-13-14 | Pocono Mountain School District | 20 | Michael McElligott | Section 504 Identification Compensatory Education Tuition Reimbursement Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 01/10/2015 | 15417-13-14 | Pocono Mountain School District | 20 | Michael McElligott | Section 504 Identification Compensatory Education Tuition Reimbursement Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 01/10/2015 | 15066-13-14 | Fox Chapel Area School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Multiple Disabilities Related Services Free Appropriate Public Education Program Modifications |
| Download PDF | 01/05/2015 | 15236-14-15 | Penn Manor School District | 13 | Brian Ford | IEP Progress Private School Placement Compensatory Education Tuition Reimbursement |