ISBE due-process decision · FY 2015
Illinois due-process decision 2014-0263: dismissed / withdrawn
A grandmother filed on the student's behalf; the only question heard was who holds educational decision-making authority. The hearing officer found the biological parents are the IDEA parents, so the grandmother lacked standing, and dismissed the case without reaching the merits.
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
Procedural/parent-participationOther
Relief ordered
District to treat biological parents as decision-makers; case dismissed for lack of standing.
From the decision
she lacks standing to proceed with this matter. Accordingly, I have no choice but to dismiss these proceedings.
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