ISBE due-process decision · FY 2012
Illinois due-process decision 2012-0040: split decision
The parents raised three procedural issues: participation in IEP meetings, handling of an IEE, and consideration of their concerns, including a part-time aide request. The hearing officer ruled for the parents on participation and consideration, and for the district on the IEE issue.
Outcome: Split decisionDisability: Intellectual DisabilityHearing officer: Full decision (PDF, ISBE)
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
Procedural/parent-participationIndependent educational evaluation (IEE)Related servicesPlacement/LRE
Relief ordered
New IEP meeting run by a different administrator; team must consider a part-time 1:1 aide; district barred from changing placement without consent.
From the decision
in part for the parent on issues one (1) three (3) and in part for the District on issue two (2)
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