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Divisions > Special Education and Early Intervention > Family Support and Dispute Resolution Branch > Hearing Decisions > 2013
Due Process Hearing Decisions - FY13 - 2nd Quarter

(October 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012)

In cases where MSDE has been informed that a hearing decision is being appealed in accordance with Section 615(i) of IDEA 2004, an asterisk (*) is placed next to the OAH Case #.  The civil or district court number of the case is provided when available.

Public Agency OAH Case #
______________
Decision Date
Hearing Requested By Issues
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
12-H-AARU-26191 10/26/2012 Public Agency Evaluation/Assessment-Behavioral, IEP Implementation-accommodations, aids & services
Decision Summary
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The ALJ concluded that the parents “did not carry their burden to prove” their allegations and, as a result, their due process complaint was dismissed.

12-H-AARU-35466 12/4/2012 Public Agency IEP Implementation-FAPE

The ALJ concluded that the IEP developed by the AACPS, which requires the provision of instruction in a special education classroom, within a comprehensive elementary school, would provide the student a FAPE.


Public Agency OAH Case #
______________
Decision Date
Hearing Requested By Issues
Baltimore County Public Schools
12-H-BCNY-43752 12/21/2012 Public Agency IEP Implementation-transportation
Decision Summary
____________

The ALJ concluded the decision by the school system not to provide the student with transportation between two separate high school programs during the school day did not amount to a denial of a FAPE to the student.

Public Agency OAH Case #
______________
Decision Date
Hearing Requested By Issues
Montgomery County Public Schools
12-H-MONT-32713 10/26/2012 Public Agency Placement Determination
Decision Summary
____________

The ALJ concluded that the amount of speech-language therapy required by the IEP was reasonably calculated to provide a FAPE and that the school system had not violated any ‘stay-put’ requirements of the law.

12-H-MONT-32722 10/3/2012 Public Agency Determination of Eligibility, Stay-put, FAPE

The ALJ concluded that the school system did not err when it determined that the student was not a student with a disability requiring special education under the IDEA.

Public Agency OAH Case #
______________
Decision Date
Hearing Requested By Issues
Prince George's County Public Schools
12-H-PGEO-32444 12/20/2012 Public Agency IEP Implementation-Placement
Decision Summary
____________

The ALJ concluded that, through the provision of compensatory services, the PGCPS remediated the failure to provide the student with a FAPE, and has provided the student with a FAPE since th e violation was corrected.


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