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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 | 03/17/2021 | 23920-20-21 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Michael McElligott | Eligibility Specific Learning Disability Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 08/20/2019 | 22252-18-19 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Brian Ford | Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer |
| Download PDF | 07/19/2016 | 17651-15-16 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Charles Jelley | GIEP Gifted and/or Talented Goals |
| Download PDF | 12/21/2014 | 15648-14-15 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | William Culleton | Discipline Procedural Safeguards Alternative Education Setting |
| Download PDF | 11/04/2014 | 15112-13-14 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Michael McElligott | IEP Least Restrictive Environment Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 10/07/2014 | 15342-14-15 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | William Culleton | Section 504 Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 08/24/2013 | 13647-12-13 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | William Culleton | Autistic Spectrum Intellectual Disability Progress Behavior Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 08/24/2013 | 13882-12-13 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | William Culleton | Autistic Spectrum Intellectual Disability Progress Behavior Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 01/31/2012 | 2654-11-12 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Anne Carroll | Discipline Evidence Retaliation |
| Download PDF | 03/30/2010 | 00193-09-10 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Michael McElligott | Placement |
| Download PDF | 10/19/2009 | 9957-08-09 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Michael McElligott | Behavior Autistic Spectrum IEP Tuition Reimbursement Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 10/01/2009 | 00013-09-10 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Michael McElligott | Program Placement Other |
| Download PDF | 09/25/2009 | 00156-09-10 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Dan Myers | Supplementary Aids & Services |
| Download PDF | 05/08/2008 | 8243-07-08 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Marcie Romberger | IEP Extended School Year |
| Download PDF | 06/17/2024 | 29347-23-24 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | Cathy Skidmore | Remand Individualized Education Program Other Health Impairment Residential Placement Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 04/30/2024 | 28925-23-24 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | Charles Jelley | Free Appropriate Public Education Section 504 Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 10/06/2023 | 27804-22-23 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | Charles Jelley | Free Appropriate Public Education Section 504 Compensatory Education Independent Educational Evaluation Least Restrictive Environment |
| Download PDF | 05/20/2023 | 27061-22-23 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | Cathy Skidmore | Remand Other Health Impairment Private School - Unilateral Placement Residential Placement Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 04/05/2022 | 25987-21-22 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | James Gerl | Free Appropriate Public Education Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 01/15/2022 | 24978-20-21 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | Cathy Skidmore | Individualized Education Program Other Health Impairment Residential Placement Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 04/09/2021 | 24406-20-21 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | Brian Ford | Compensatory Education Autistic Spectrum |
| Download PDF | 01/19/2016 | 15949-14-15 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | Linda Valentini | Section 504 IEP Related Services Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 12/19/2014 | 15445-14-15 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | Anne Carroll | Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 09/09/2014 | 15089-13-14 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | William Culleton | Independent Educational Evaluation Evaluation Specific Learning Disability Other Health Impairment |
| Download PDF | 08/06/2014 | 14785-13-14 | Central Bucks School District | 22 | Cathy Skidmore | Evaluation Behavior Transition Compensatory Education Least Restrictive Environment |
