Hearing Officer Decisions 2011-2012

July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012

Case – Reference #12-007

• Whether the IEP proposed by the school division on July 22, 2011 for the 2011-2012 school year was reasonably calculated to offer the student a free appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE)?
• Whether the parents of the student were entitled to tuition reimbursement for their placement of the student in a private school for the 2011-2012 school year that they suggest provided the student with appropriate services?

Case – Reference #12-009

• Whether the due process notice should be dismissed because it fails to sufficiently contain the necessary components as described in 34 C.F.R. §300.508(b)?

Case – Reference #12-022

• Whether a special education hearing officer has jurisdiction to consider allegations that a school division failed to offer a free appropriate education (FAPE) to a special education student during a period subsequent to that student’s unchallenged graduation from high school with an advanced studies diploma?

Case – Reference #11-004a
Refer also Case #4—Reference # 11-004

• Whether the Individualized Education Program (IEP) prepared on June 13, 2007 providing for a public school placement offered the student a free appropriate public education (FAPE) for the 2007-2008 school year?
• Whether the IEP prepared on June 18, 2008 providing for a public school placement offered the student a FAPE for the 2008-2009 school year?
• Whether the IEP prepared on December 15, 2009 providing for a public school placement offered the student a FAPE for the 2009-2010 school year?
• Whether the IEP prepared in June 18, 2010 providing for a public school placement offered the student a FAPE for the 2010-2011 school year?

• Whether the special education services provided by the school division during the 2011-2012 school year provided the student a free appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE)?