ISBE due-process decision · FY 2015
Illinois due-process decision 2015-0068: district prevailed
The guardian sought to have the student, placed at a private therapeutic day school, take driver's education and attend extracurricular activities at the mainstream high school. The hearing officer found these would be inappropriate given safety and behavior needs and denied all relief.
Outcome: District prevailedDisability: Other Health ImpairmentHearing officer: Janet Maxwell-WickettFull decision (PDF, ISBE)
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
Placement/LREOther
Relief ordered
None; all requested relief denied and complaint dismissed.
From the decision
all of the Petitioner's requested relief is denied and her complaint is dismissed with prejudice.
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