ISBE due-process decision · FY 2017
Illinois due-process decision 2016-0425: district prevailed
The parents challenged the district's program, services, goals and proposed middle school placement, alleging it fostered prompt dependence, and sought therapeutic day school placement. The hearing officer found the district offered a FAPE in the least restrictive environment and denied all relief.
Outcome: District prevailedDisability: AutismHearing officer: Kathleen FuhrmannFull decision (PDF, ISBE)
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
FAPE denialIEP adequacy/implementationPlacement/LREPrivate/residential placement & reimbursementRelated services
Relief ordered
None.
From the decision
The District does not need to take any further action as Parents have not sustained their burden of proof in this case.
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