ISBE due-process decision · FY 2008
Illinois due-process decision 2008-0021: split decision
The parent challenged the student's transportation, IEPs, reevaluation and alleged exclusion from IEP meetings. The hearing officer ordered door-to-door transportation with a bus aide but upheld all IEPs and evaluations and denied transportation reimbursement and the requested teaching-methodology change.
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
Related servicesIEP adequacy/implementationEligibility/evaluation/child findProcedural/parent-participation
Relief ordered
Door-to-door small-bus transportation with a bus aide. IEP, methodology, participation and reimbursement claims denied.
From the decision
Other than the request for door-to-door transportation on a going forward basis, the parent has not sustained her burden of proof
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