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Gifted Hearing Officer Decisions
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Since 2006, the Office for Dispute Resolution has made hearing officer decisions available to the public on this website. Before these decisions are posted, all identifiable student information is removed to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
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| List of Hearing Officer Decisions | ||||||
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| Decision Date | File Number | LEA | IU | Hearing Officer | Issue(s) | |
| Download PDF | 10/28/2020 | 23449-19-20 | Jersey Shore Area School District | 17 | Michael McElligott | Evaluation Identification Graduation/Diploma IEP Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 10/28/2020 | 23501-19-20 | North Hills School District | 03 | Charles Jelley | FAPE IEP |
| Download PDF | 09/23/2020 | 23863-19-20 | Derry Township School District | 15 | James Gerl | Statute of Limitations LRE Related Services Assistive Technology IEP |
| Download PDF | 09/23/2020 | 23882-20-21 | Rose Tree Media School District | 25 | Brian Ford | IEE |
| Download PDF | 09/21/2020 | 23431-19-20 | Valley View School District | 19 | Michael McElligott | IEP Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/15/2020 | 23065-19-20 | Chambersburg Area School District | 12 | Michael McElligott | Evaluation Identification Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/15/2020 | 23343-19-20 | Gateway School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Emotional Disturbance Related Services Behavior Plan Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/14/2020 | 23509-19-20 | Bethlehem Area School District | 20 | Brian Ford | IEE LRE Emotional Disturbance |
| Download PDF | 09/08/2020 | 23642-19-20 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Brian Ford | Statute of Limitations Eligibility Child Find Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 09/04/2020 | 23619-19-20 | Southern Tioga School District | 17 | Brian Ford | Child Find Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/03/2020 | 23543-19-20 | Chichester School District | 25 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Child Find |
| Download PDF | 09/01/2020 | 23126-19-20 | Baldwin-Whitehall School District | 03 | Michael McElligott | Identification IEP Compensatory Education Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 08/26/2020 | 23603-19-20 | Lower Merion School District | 23 | Michael McElligott | IEP Progress Related Services Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 08/26/2020 | 23621-19-20 | Lower Merion School District | 23 | Michael McElligott | IEP Progress Related Services Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 08/25/2020 | 23213-19-20 | Cornwall-Lebanon School District | 13 | Cathy Skidmore | Exceptionality Evaluation Statute of Limitations Related Services Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 08/14/2020 | 23134-19-20 | Agora Cyber Charter School | 24 | Charles Jelley | Pendency IEP Charter School |
| Download PDF | 08/10/2020 | 22659-19-20 | Lower Merion School District | 23 | Cathy Skidmore | Speech and Language Impaired Autistic Spectrum Progress Evaluation Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 08/10/2020 | 22715-19-20 | Lower Merion School District | 23 | Cathy Skidmore | Speech and Language Impaired Autistic Spectrum Progress Evaluation Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 08/10/2020 | 22523-19-20 | Norristown Area School District | 23 | Brian Ford | Child Find Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 08/07/2020 | 23339-19-20 | Upper Merion Area School District | 23 | Cathy Skidmore | IEP Emotional Disturbance Autistic Spectrum Private School Placement Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 08/05/2020 | 23631-19-20 | West Chester Area School District | 24 | Joy Waters | Evaluation IEE |
| Download PDF | 07/31/2020 | 23244-19-20 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Michael McElligott | Behavior Plan Compensatory Education IEP Intellectual Disability IEE |
| Download PDF | 07/31/2020 | 22864-19-20 | North Allegheny School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Autistic Spectrum Speech and Language Impaired Assistive Technology IEE Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 07/21/2020 | 23181-19-20 | Peters Township School District | 01 | Michael McElligott | Identification Autistic Spectrum Truancy |
| Download PDF | 07/15/2020 | 22920-19-20 | Downingtown Area School District | 24 | Brian Ford | Reimbursement Compensatory Education IEE |