ISBE due-process decision · FY 2019
Illinois due-process decision 2019-0151: district prevailed
The parent challenged the IEP's therapeutic day school placement and sought to keep the student at his current school. The hearing officer found the student was regressing despite full-time support and upheld the therapeutic day school as the appropriate least restrictive placement.
Outcome: District prevailedDisability: AutismHearing officer: Alan SchusterFull decision (PDF, ISBE)
Filed by
The parent
Issues in dispute
Placement/LRE
Relief ordered
Parent's request denied; parties to agree on a therapeutic day school, with the district deciding if no agreement.
From the decision
Implementation of IEP in a therapeutic day school setting is an appropriate Placement setting, in the least restrictive environment.
ISBE removes the district's and student's names from every decision, so this case can't be linked to a specific district. The summary and outcome label were drafted with AI assistance from the decision's full text and checked against its order (how); the decision PDF is the authoritative record. This is not legal advice.
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