ISBE due-process decision · FY 2010
Illinois due-process decision 2009-0223: parent prevailed
The parent opposed moving the student from an inclusion program to a self-contained autism classroom and alleged IEP implementation failures. The hearing officer found FAPE denied, kept the inclusion placement with a trained aide, behavior plan and staff training, and awarded compensatory therapy.
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
Placement/LREIEP adequacy/implementationBehavior/discipline/manifestationCompensatory educationRelated services
Relief ordered
Inclusion placement kept; trained 1:1 aide, BIP, autism itinerant training, one year compensatory OT and speech, funded evaluations. Behavior consultant denied.
From the decision
the District's proposed IEP which includes placing the Student in an autism program violates the statutory LRE mandate.
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