ISBE due-process decision · FY 2013
Illinois due-process decision 2013-0107: parent prevailed
The parents alleged the district's IEP failed to address the student's worsening social-emotional needs and placed him unilaterally in a residential facility. The hearing officer found a two-year denial of FAPE and ordered full reimbursement plus another funded year of residential placement and travel costs.
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
IEP adequacy/implementationPrivate/residential placement & reimbursementEligibility/evaluation/child findRelated servicesCompensatory education
Relief ordered
Full residential tuition reimbursement, one more year of residential placement at district expense, family travel costs, prior placement costs, truancy fine reimbursement.
From the decision
Parents awarded full tuition reimbursement and other compensatory education for two years denial of FAPE.
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