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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 | 06/30/2020 | 23151-19-20 | Central Valley School District | 27 | Cathy Skidmore | Section 504 Eligibility |
| Download PDF | 03/06/2020 | 22487-19-20 | Big Beaver Falls Area School District | 27 | Cathy Skidmore | Other Health Impairment Specific Learning Disability Parent Rights Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 11/29/2019 | 22860-19-20 | Big Beaver Falls Area School District | 27 | Michael McElligott | Evaluation IEE Speech and Language Impaired |
| Download PDF | 10/22/2019 | 22425-19-20 | Big Beaver Falls Area School District | 27 | Michael McElligott | Evaluation IEP Specially Designed Instruction Procedural Violation Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 04/26/2019 | 21921-18-19 | Freedom Area School District | 27 | Cathy Skidmore | Parent Rights Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 05/07/2016 | 16274-14-15 | Blackhawk School District | 27 | Cathy Skidmore | Child Find Eligibility Section 504 Discrimination Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 10/16/2012 | 3440-12-13 | Beaver Area School District | 27 | Michael McElligott | Extended School Year Visual Impairment |
| Download PDF | 08/21/2012 | 3219-11-12 | Ambridge Area School District | 27 | Michael McElligott | Identification IEE |
| Download PDF | 07/12/2012 | 2787-11-12 | Big Beaver Falls Area School District | 27 | Michael McElligott | Identification Discrimination Autistic Spectrum |
| Download PDF | 09/19/2007 | 7898-07-08 | Ambridge Area School District | 27 | David Lee | Gifted and/or Talented |
| Download PDF | 08/14/2006 | 6652-05-06 | Ambridge Area School District | 27 | David Lee | Gifted and/or Talented Compensatory Education Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 07/16/2006 | 6454-05-06 | Ambridge Area School District | 27 | Gerald Dambach | Compensatory Education Statute of Limitations |
| Download PDF | 03/29/2006 | 6309-05-06 | Ambridge Area School District | 27 | Dorothy O'Shea | Residence Sufficiency |
| Download PDF | 02/02/2006 | 5960-05-06 | Western Beaver County School District | 27 | Margaret Drayden | Emotional Disturbance Instruction in the Home LRE Evidence Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 01/02/2024 | 28820-23-24 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Cheryl Cutrona | Discipline Manifestation Determination |
| Download PDF | 12/24/2023 | 26814-22-23 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Joy Waters Fleming | Free Appropriate Public Education Placement Intellectual Disability Procedural Violation Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 12/21/2023 | 27610-22-23 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Cheryl Cutrona | Compensatory Education Individualized Education Program |
| Download PDF | 12/21/2023 | 28354-23-24 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Cheryl Cutrona | IEE |
| Download PDF | 12/12/2023 | 28472-23-24 | ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber Charter School | 26 | Cheryl Cutrona | Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 12/05/2023 | 28428-23-24 | String Theory Schools | 26 | Michael McElligott | Graduation/Diploma Individualized Education Program Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 11/28/2023 | 28731-23-24 | Laboratory Charter School | 26 | James Gerl | Extended School Year Charter School |
| Download PDF | 11/22/2023 | 28215-22-23 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Cathy Skidmore | Evaluation IEE |
| Download PDF | 11/08/2023 | 28405-23-24 | Ad Prima Charter School | 26 | James Gerl | Behavior Plan Individualized Education Program Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 08/31/2023 | 28268-22-23 | String Theory Schools | 26 | Michael McElligott | Pendency |
| Download PDF | 07/12/2023 | 27484-22-23 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Michael McElligott | Individualized Education Program Goals Specially Designed Instruction Intellectual Disability Transition - Post Secondary |