ISBE due-process decision · FY 2019
Illinois due-process decision 2019-0199: district prevailed
The district sought an expedited 45-day interim alternative placement due to the student's escalating aggression. The hearing officer found keeping the student in his general education school was substantially likely to cause injury and ordered a 45-day placement at a therapeutic day school.
Outcome: District prevailedDisability: Other Health ImpairmentHearing officer: Mary Jo StruszFull decision (PDF, ISBE)
Filed by
The school district
Issues in dispute
Behavior/discipline/manifestationPlacement/LRE
Relief ordered
45-day interim alternative placement at a therapeutic day school.
From the decision
for a 45-day interim alternative educational setting placement at the therapeutic day school for Student.
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