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Recent Cases: Foothill SELPA
Foothill SELPA
Burbank Unified School District
SN03-01451 v. Burbank
Unified School District: A2Z won a Due Process Hearing against
Burbank Unified School District after a 6-day due process
hearing, which concluded on September 29, 2003. At issue was
the appropriateness of the District's offer of placement and
services for a high school student with Asperger's
Syndrome. The student has significant social and emotional
needs related to the student's disability, and has had increased
anxiety related to the pressures of attending a large public
high school. The parents prevailed on all issues. The Hearing
Officer held that BUSD failed to offer a free and appropriate
public education (FAPE) for the student for both ESY and the
2003-2004 school year. Specifically, the decision found that
the district's placement was not designed to meet the student's
unique needs in the areas of social skills and behavior and
did not address the student's anxiety or stress. The Hearing
Officer also found that the program was not reasonably calculated
to provide an educational benefit, noting that "appropriate
social skills and behavior are essential in order for a student
to benefit educationally."On the LRE issue, the Hearing
Officer found that the student needed a small, structured
program in a safe environment and that the proposed placement
was therefore not restrictive enough. The decision ordered
reimbursement to the parents for all costs related to their
unilateral placement of the student at Village Glen, which
the Hearing Officer found to be an appropriate program to
address the student's needs. Further, the Hearing Officer
ordered prospective placement at Village Glen for the remainder
of the school year. Read
the DECISION...
Glendale Unified School District
July 2005, SN05-----
v. GUSD: Case involves a preschool student with Autism,
who has been attending a private preschool. Issues include
prospective placement and services, ESY services, reimbursements,
and stay put. Settled. Student has an aide at a private preschool.
In addition, received compensatory services.
Case Number: L-2006110194
School District : Glendale Unified School District
Age or grade: 5
Disability: Autism
Outcome: Male Preschool Student with delayed verbal skills. Through a settlement agreement, District provided a one-to-one aide at the private preschool, after school behavior services and reimbursement for attorney fees.
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