ISBE due-process decision · FY 2010
Illinois due-process decision 2010-0225: parent prevailed
In an expedited hearing, the parents challenged a determination that a threatening online message was not a manifestation of the student's disabilities. The hearing officer reversed the determination, ordered the student returned to school and reversed and expunged the expulsion.
Outcome: Parent prevailedDisability: Other Health ImpairmentHearing officer: Full decision (PDF, ISBE)
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
Behavior/discipline/manifestation
Relief ordered
Manifestation determination reversed; return to school, IEP meeting within ten days, expulsion reversed and expunged.
From the decision
Student's expulsion is ordered reversed, and his educational records are to be expunged of all references to that expulsion.
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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