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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 | 12/12/2014 | 15522-14-15 | Bensalem Township School District | 22 | Shawn Lochinger | Gifted and/or Talented Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 04/30/2014 | 14540-13-14 | Bensalem Township School District | 22 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 04/30/2014 | 14578-13-14 | Bensalem Township School District | 22 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 04/30/2014 | 14579-13-14 | Bensalem Township School District | 22 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 11/24/2024 | 30048-24-25 | Belle Vernon Area School District | 07 | Cathy Skidmore | Other Health Impairment Specially Designed Instruction Bullying Burden of Proof Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 10/23/2017 | 18979-16-17 | Belle Vernon Area School District | 07 | Michael McElligott | Other Health Impairment Child Find Behavior Least Restrictive Environment |
| Download PDF | 12/26/2013 | 14452-13-14 | Belle Vernon Area School District | 07 | Cathy Skidmore | Multi-Handicapped Transportation |
| Download PDF | 12/11/2013 | 14171-13-14 | Belle Vernon Area School District | 07 | Brian Ford | Parent Rights Least Restrictive Environment NOREP |
| Download PDF | 11/22/2013 | 14230-13-14 | Belle Vernon Area School District | 07 | Michael McElligott | Least Restrictive Environment |
| Download PDF | 10/16/2012 | 3440-12-13 | Beaver Area School District | 27 | Michael McElligott | Extended School Year Visual Impairment |
| Download PDF | 09/16/2012 | 3101-11-12 | Bear Creek Community Charter School | 18 | Anne Carroll | Evaluation Charter School Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 03/15/2021 | 24086-20-21 | Bangor Area School District | 20 | Michael McElligott | Behavior Plan Evaluation Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 11/08/2011 | 1782-10-11 | Bangor Area School District | 20 | Michael McElligott | Speech and Language Impaired Free Appropriate Public Education Assistive Technology |
| Download PDF | 09/01/2020 | 23126-19-20 | Baldwin-Whitehall School District | 03 | Michael McElligott | Identification IEP Compensatory Education Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 09/17/2010 | 00681-09-10 | Baldwin-Whitehall School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Compensatory Education Eligibility Evaluation Placement |
| Download PDF | 02/27/2020 | 21884-18-19 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Section 504 Independent Educational Evaluation Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 06/20/2019 | 22253-18-19 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Cathy Skidmore | Extended School Year |
| Download PDF | 09/11/2017 | 19455-17-18 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Brian Ford | Early Intervention Autistic Spectrum Transition Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 11/30/2016 | 17885-15-16 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Michael McElligott | Emotional Disturbance Residence Transfer into District Free Appropriate Public Education |
| Download PDF | 07/22/2014 | 14573-13-14 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Anne Carroll | Evaluation Section 504 Absenteeism Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 01/29/2013 | 3202-11-12 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Michael McElligott | Specific Learning Disability IEP Private School Placement Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 01/16/2013 | 13201-12-13 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | William Culleton | Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 01/04/2013 | 13185-12-13 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Michael McElligott | IEP Speech/Language Impairment Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 05/24/2012 | 2323-11-12 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Anne Carroll | Child Find Emotional Disturbance Evaluation Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer |
| Download PDF | 12/29/2011 | 2273-11-12 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Anne Carroll | Child Find Identification Eligibility Compensatory Education Section 504 |
