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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 | 12/19/2016 | 18509-16-17 | Upper Darby School District | 25 | Linda Valentini | Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 06/20/2017 | 18497-16-17 | Pittsburgh School District | 02 | Michael McElligott | Autistic Spectrum Specially Designed Instruction Private School Placement Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 05/25/2017 | 18479-16-17 | Coatesville Area School District | 24 | William Culleton | IEP Specially Designed Instruction Program Modifications Progress NOREP |
| Download PDF | 01/09/2017 | 18443-16-17 | Owen J. Roberts School District | 24 | William Culleton | Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer Procedural Safeguards Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 05/31/2017 | 18436-16-17 | Wilson Area School District | 20 | William Culleton | Evaluation Free Appropriate Public Education Progress Compensatory Education Related Services |
| Download PDF | 04/15/2017 | 18419-16-17 | Penn Hills School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | IEP Least Restrictive Environment Bullying Assistive Technology Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/18/2017 | 18412-16-17 | Peters Township School District | 01 | William Culleton | Identification Evaluation IEP Progress Evidence |
| Download PDF | 03/02/2017 | 18403-16-17 | Delaware County IU/EI Program | 25 | Linda Valentini | Early Intervention Transition Free Appropriate Public Education Private School Placement Pendency |
| Download PDF | 05/22/2017 | 18379-16-17 | Quakertown Community School District | 22 | Brian Ford | Evaluation Eligibility Emotional Disturbance IEP Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/16/2017 | 18366-16-17 | Pleasant Valley School District | 20 | Cathy Skidmore | Transition IEP Progress Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 06/13/2017 | 18356-16-17 | Colonial School District | 23 | Michael McElligott | Specific Learning Disability Goals Progress Compensatory Education Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 09/27/2011 | 1835-10-11 | Pennsbury School District | 22 | Michael McElligott | Behavior Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 11/04/2016 | 18325-16-17 | Propel Charter School - Pitcairn | 03 | Charles Jelley | Alternative Education Setting Discipline Evidence Burden of Proof |
| Download PDF | 03/20/2017 | 18312-16-17 | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections | Brian Ford | Free Appropriate Public Education IEP Compensatory Education | |
| Download PDF | 01/26/2017 | 18281-16-17 | Freire Charter School | 26 | Linda Valentini | Charter School Eligibility Evidence Witnesses Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 02/14/2017 | 18276-16-17 | Abington School District | 23 | William Culleton | Transfer into District Evaluation IEP Progress Evidence |
| Download PDF | 10/25/2016 | 18270-16-17 | Pittsburgh School District | 02 | Cathy Skidmore | Alternative Education Setting |
| 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 | 01/11/2017 | 18243-16-17 | Montgomery County IU/EI Program | 23 | Brian Ford | Autistic Spectrum Identification Preschool Evaluation Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 01/26/2017 | 18242-16-17 | Berks County IU/EI Program | 14 | Charles Jelley | Early Intervention Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 01/27/2017 | 18241-16-17 | Berks County IU/EI Program | 14 | Charles Jelley | Early Intervention Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 08/01/2011 | 1824-10-11 | Chartiers Valley School District | 03 | Michael McElligott | Section 504 |
| Download PDF | 04/09/2017 | 18218-16-17 | Unionville-Chadds Ford School District | 24 | Linda Valentini | Thought to be Eligible Emotional Disturbance Compensatory Education Least Restrictive Environment Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 06/16/2017 | 18166-16-17 | East Stroudsburg Area School District | 20 | William Culleton | Autistic Spectrum IEP Progress SDI |
| Download PDF | 02/20/2017 | 18152-16-17 | Upper Darby School District | 25 | Cathy Skidmore | Child Find Eligibility Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation Compensatory Education |