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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 | 08/14/2018 | 20768-17-18 | Deer Lakes School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 07/15/2018 | 20345-17-18 | Pittsburgh School District | 02 | Cathy Skidmore | Autistic Spectrum Speech and Language Impaired Parent Rights Program Modifications Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 07/05/2018 | 20793-17-18 | Parkland School District | 21 | Cathy Skidmore | Extended School Year Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 07/03/2018 | 20136-17-18 | Coatesville Area School District | 24 | Cathy Skidmore | Visual Impairment Specific Learning Disability Independent Educational Evaluation Compensatory Education Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 06/27/2018 | 20187-17-18 | Pittsburgh School District | 02 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility IEP Witnesses |
| Download PDF | 05/25/2018 | 19891-17-18 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Section 504 Independent Educational Evaluation Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 05/10/2018 | 19914-17-18 | Kennett Consolidated School District | 24 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Residential Placement Section 504 Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 05/05/2018 | 20495-17-18 | North Penn School District | 23 | Cathy Skidmore | Extended School Year |
| Download PDF | 04/29/2018 | 20275-17-18 | Woodland Hills School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Independent Educational Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 04/29/2018 | 20276-17-18 | Woodland Hills School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Independent Educational Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 04/29/2018 | 20277-17-18 | Woodland Hills School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Independent Educational Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 04/29/2018 | 20286-17-18 | Woodland Hills School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Independent Educational Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 04/29/2018 | 20287-17-18 | Woodland Hills School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Independent Educational Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 04/29/2018 | 20290-17-18 | Woodland Hills School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Independent Educational Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 04/21/2018 | 19354-16-17 | Perkiomen Valley School District | 23 | Cathy Skidmore | Transition Tuition Reimbursement Intellectual Disability Residential Placement |
| Download PDF | 04/11/2018 | 20201-17-18 | Khepera Charter School | 26 | Cathy Skidmore | Evaluation Procedural Violation IEP Compensatory Education Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 04/05/2018 | 20320-17-18 | Penn Hills School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Discipline ADHD/ADD |
| Download PDF | 02/15/2018 | 19230-16-17 | Greensburg Salem School District | 07 | Cathy Skidmore | Autistic Spectrum Evaluation Compensatory Education Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 12/14/2017 | 19556-17-18 | Governor Mifflin School District | 14 | Cathy Skidmore | Free Appropriate Public Education ADHD/ADD Tuition Reimbursement Least Restrictive Environment |
| Download PDF | 12/02/2017 | 19368-16-17 | Upper St. Clair School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility ADHD/ADD Section 504 Reimbursement Discipline |
| Download PDF | 09/18/2017 | 19204-16-17 | Propel Charter School - Pitcairn | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Charter School Free Appropriate Public Education Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/16/2017 | 18366-16-17 | Pleasant Valley School District | 20 | Cathy Skidmore | Transition IEP Progress Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/10/2017 | 18245-16-17 | Saucon Valley School District | 20 | Cathy Skidmore | Specific Learning Disability Transition Assistive Technology SDI Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 08/21/2017 | 18868-16-17 | Hempfield Area School District | 07 | Cathy Skidmore | Autistic Spectrum Other Health Impairment Transition Safety Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 08/07/2017 | 18583-16-17 | Pittsburgh School District | 02 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Absenteeism Homebound Instruction Procedural Violation Compensatory Education |
