Filter Options
Gifted Hearing Officer Decisions
If you need help searching the database, please contact ODR.
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.
To search the records:
Use one or multiple search fields to help you find decisions. These fields will narrow your search by producing cases that include certain words, dates, or specific information you provide about the case.
PDF Keyword Search Tips:
To search for decisions with a specific phrase, use quotation marks around the phrase (e.g., “educational placement”); if you search the same phrase, but without quotation marks, it will provide decisions that include individual references to both words educational and placement. Or you can use a combination of the two techniques (e.g., placement, “cyber charter school”); this will search for any decision that includes the word placement AND the phrase cyber charter school.
| List of Hearing Officer Decisions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision Date | File Number | LEA | IU | Hearing Officer | Issue(s) | |
| Download PDF | 11/17/2023 | 28511-23-24 | Cumberland Valley School District | 15 | Brian Ford | IEE |
| Download PDF | 10/12/2022 | 25942-21-22 | Derry Township School District | 15 | Joy Waters Fleming | Free Appropriate Public Education Tuition Reimbursement Evidence Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 07/25/2022 | 26282-21-22 | Cumberland Valley School District | 15 | Michael McElligott | Eligibility Specific Learning Disability |
| Download PDF | 04/01/2022 | 25632-21-22 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Brian Ford | Compensatory Education Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 03/17/2021 | 23920-20-21 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Michael McElligott | Eligibility Specific Learning Disability Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 10/30/2020 | 23710-19-20 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Charles Jelley | Charter School IEP Compensatory Education Parent Rights |
| 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 | 12/16/2019 | 22952-19-20 | Mechanicsburg Area School District | 15 | Charles Jelley | Discipline Other Health Impairment |
| Download PDF | 08/20/2019 | 22252-18-19 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Brian Ford | Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer |
| Download PDF | 08/11/2019 | 21813-18-19 | Steelton-Highspire School District | 15 | Michael McElligott | Autistic Spectrum Behavior IEP Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 11/24/2018 | 21158-18-19 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Cathy Skidmore | Res Judicata Pendency Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 07/24/2018 | 20563-17-18 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Linda Valentini | Charter School IEP Parent Rights Res Judicata |
| Download PDF | 05/25/2018 | 19891-17-18 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Section 504 IEE Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 02/16/2018 | 20014-17-18 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Brian Ford | Charter School Homebound Instruction Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer Evidence |
| Download PDF | 09/30/2017 | 18768-16-17 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Michael McElligott | Charter School FAPE Parent Rights Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer |
| Download PDF | 09/30/2017 | 18809-16-17 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Michael McElligott | Charter School FAPE Parent Rights Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer |
| Download PDF | 09/30/2017 | 19108-16-17 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Michael McElligott | Charter School FAPE Parent Rights Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer |
| Download PDF | 09/30/2017 | 19109-16-17 | Commonwealth Charter Academy | 15 | Michael McElligott | Charter School FAPE Parent Rights Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer |
| Download PDF | 09/22/2016 | 18090-16-17 | Capital Area IU/EI Program | 15 | William Culleton | Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer Multiple Disabilities Evidence Transition Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 09/17/2016 | 17322-15-16 | Commonwealth Connections Academy Charter School | 15 | Charles Jelley | Charter School Evaluation IEP Progress Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/16/2016 | 17321-15-16 | Commonwealth Connections Academy Charter School | 15 | Charles Jelley | Charter School Evaluation IEP Progress Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 09/01/2016 | 17316-15-16 | West Shore School District | 15 | Charles Jelley | Child Find Statute of Limitations Evaluation Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 07/19/2016 | 17651-15-16 | Central Dauphin School District | 15 | Charles Jelley | GIEP Gifted and/or Talented Goals |
| Download PDF | 06/10/2016 | 17636-15-16 | Commonwealth Connections Academy Charter School | 15 | William Culleton | Jurisdiction Records |
| Download PDF | 02/08/2016 | 17110-15-16 | Susquehanna Township School District | 15 | Cathy Skidmore | Evaluation IEE |