Decisions

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the parent) appeals from a decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which denied the parent's request for an order directing respondent (the district) to provide pendency and 12-month services for her son for the 2019-20 school year.  The appeal must be sustained.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioners (the parents) appeal from the decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which denied their request to be reimbursed for their daughter's tuition costs at the International Institute for the Brain (iBrain) for the 2018-19 school year.  The appeal must be sustained in part.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioners (the parents) appeal from the decision of an impartial hearing officer which found that respondent (the district) correctly determined the student was ineligible for special education and related services and denied the parents' request to be reimbursed for their daughter's tuition costs at the Staten Island Academy (SIA) for a portion of the 2017-18 school year, and all of the 2018-19 school year.  The appeal must be dismissed.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the district) appeals from a decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which determined that the educational program and services recommended by its Committee on Special Education (CSE) for respondent's (the parent's) daughter for the 2017-18 school year were not appropriate.  The appeal must be sustained in part.

This proceeding arises under the Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the parent) appeals from the decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which determined that the educational program and related services respondent's (the district's) Committee on Special Education (CSE) recommended for the student for the 2018-19 school year were appropriate.  The appeal must be dismissed.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the parent) appeals from the decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which denied her request to be reimbursed for the cost of transportation and the cost of private services obtained for her son for the 2017-18 school year, among other claims.  Respondent (the district) cross-appeals from the IHO's determination that it failed to demonstrate that it had offered to provide an appropriate educational program to the student for the 2015-16 school year, among other claims.  The appeal must be sustained in part.  The cross-appeal must be dismissed.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the parent) appeals from the decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which denied her request for the costs of special education teacher support services (SETSS) at an enhanced rate for the 2019-20 school year.  The appeal must be dismissed.

Appeal Withdrawn.

Appeal Withdrawn.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the parent) appeals from the decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO 2) which denied her request to be reimbursed for the student's tuition costs at Camp Ramapo (Camp Ramapo) for the extended school year portion of the 2018-19 school year.  The appeal must be sustained in part.

Appeal Withdrawn.

Appeal Withdrawn.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the parent) appeals from a decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which ordered that the student be placed in a day treatment program beginning in the 2019-20 school year.  The district cross-appeals from that portion of the IHO's decision which ordered the district to provide the student with assistive technology and training.  The appeal must be dismissed.  The cross-appeal must be dismissed.

Appeal Withdrawn.

Appeal Withdrawn.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the district) appeals from the decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which found that it failed to offer an appropriate educational program to respondents' (the parents') daughter and ordered it to reimburse the parents for their daughter's tuition costs at the Fusion Academy (Fusion) for a portion of the 2016-17 school year, the 2017-18 school year, and future school years.  The appeal must be sustained.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the district) appeals in part, pursuant to section 8 NYCRR 279.10(d) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, from an interim decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO 2), which among other things, determined  that the district failed to provide respondent's (the parent's) daughter with pendency services, and ordered the district to provide a bank of compensatory educational services during a due process proceeding challenging the appropriateness of the district's recommended educational program for the student for the 2018-19 school year. IHO 2 found that the student's pendency placement was at iBRAIN.  The appeal must be sustained in part.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioner (the parent) appeals from the decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which denied her request for a compensatory educational services' fund, compensatory educational services, and independent educational evaluations (IEEs).  Respondent (the district) cross-appeals from the IHO's decision to award the student extended eligibility for the district's failure to offer the student an appropriate educational program and services for the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years.  The appeal must be sustained in part.  The cross-appeal must be sustained in part.

This proceeding arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and Article 89 of the New York State Education Law.  Petitioners (the parents) appeal from a decision of an impartial hearing officer (IHO) which determined that the services respondent's (the district's) Committee on Special Education (CSE) recommended for their son for the 2018-19 school year were appropriate.  The appeal must be sustained in part.

Appeal Withdrawn.