ISBE due-process decision · FY 2009
Illinois due-process decision 2009-0058: parent prevailed
The parents challenged the district's proposed IEP and sought reimbursement and continued funding for a private school for students with learning disabilities. The hearing officer found the IEP fundamentally flawed and granted tuition and transportation reimbursement and a publicly funded additional year there.
Outcome: Parent prevailedDisability: Other Health ImpairmentHearing officer: Full decision (PDF, ISBE)
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
Private/residential placement & reimbursementIEP adequacy/implementationFAPE denialPlacement/LRE
Relief ordered
Tuition and transportation reimbursement for 2008-09; private placement with tuition and transportation for 2009-10; private school is stay-put.
From the decision
the IEP was fundamentally flawed in the first place
ISBE removes the district's and student's names from every decision, so this case can't be linked to a specific district. The summary and outcome label were drafted with AI assistance from the decision's full text and checked against its order (how); the decision PDF is the authoritative record. This is not legal advice.
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