ISBE due-process decision · FY 2018
Illinois due-process decision 2018-0007: parent prevailed
The parents argued the student was misidentified as intellectually disabled and inadequately served. The hearing officer found a FAPE denial, changed eligibility, and ordered private school placement at district expense as compensatory education, summer reading instruction, and reimbursements.
Outcome: Parent prevailedDisability: Specific Learning DisabilityHearing officer: Mary SchwartzFull decision (PDF, ISBE)
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
Eligibility/evaluation/child findPlacement/LRERelated servicesPrivate/residential placement & reimbursementCompensatory education
Relief ordered
Eligibility changed to LD, speech/language and OHI; private school placement at district expense; summer Lindamood-Bell; tuition and cost reimbursements.
From the decision
The district shall maintain and pay for the student's placement... until... the student is ready to return to a public school program.
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