ISBE due-process decision · FY 2010
Illinois due-process decision 2009-0431: split decision
The parent alleged inadequate evaluations, services and IEPs and sought private day school placement for a high school student with speech and learning disabilities. The hearing officer denied private placement and several services, but found failures in math, speech implementation and transition planning.
Outcome: Split decisionDisability: Specific Learning DisabilityHearing officer: Full decision (PDF, ISBE)
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
FAPE denialIEP adequacy/implementationPrivate/residential placement & reimbursementTransition/secondary servicesCompensatory education
Relief ordered
Six months extra speech therapy; weekly math tutoring for three semesters; vocational assessment and counseling; offered social work assessment.
From the decision
directed to provide the Student with social work and/or psychological counseling and assistive technology is denied.
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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