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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 | 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 | 10/19/2012 | 3355-12-13 | Annville-Cleona School District | 13 | Brian Ford | Child Find Eligibility Emotional Disturbance Compensatory Education Statute of Limitations |
| Download PDF | 04/12/2006 | 6192-05-06 | Annville-Cleona School District | 13 | Gregory Smith | Evaluation Burden of Proof Homebound Instruction Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer |
| Download PDF | 02/20/2018 | 18996-16-17 | Antietam School District | 14 | Michael McElligott | FAPE Private School Placement Tuition Reimbursement Witnesses |
| Download PDF | 02/19/2012 | 2218-11-12 | Antietam School District | 14 | Anne Carroll | Behavior Evaluation Child Find Identification Eligibility |
| Download PDF | 11/26/2010 | 01413-10-11 | Antietam School District | 14 | Cathy Skidmore | Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 12/17/2013 | 13439-12-13 | Armstrong School District | 28 | Michael McElligott | IEP Goals Progress Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 12/12/2023 | 28472-23-24 | ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber Charter School | 26 | Cheryl Cutrona | Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 01/23/2024 | 28228-22-23 | Avon Grove Charter School | 24 | Michael McElligott | Evaluation Eligibility |
| Download PDF | 07/05/2017 | 18615-16-17 | Avon Grove Charter School | Cathy Skidmore | Autistic Spectrum Transition Progress Compensatory Education IEE | |
| Download PDF | 02/27/2020 | 21884-18-19 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Section 504 IEE Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 06/20/2019 | 22253-18-19 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Cathy Skidmore | Extended School Year |
| Download PDF | 09/11/2017 | 19455-17-18 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Brian Ford | Early Intervention Autistic Spectrum Transition Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 11/30/2016 | 17885-15-16 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Michael McElligott | Emotional Disturbance Residence Transfer into District FAPE |
| Download PDF | 07/22/2014 | 14573-13-14 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Anne Carroll | Evaluation Section 504 Absenteeism Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 01/29/2013 | 3202-11-12 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Michael McElligott | Specific Learning Disability IEP Private School Placement Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 01/16/2013 | 13201-12-13 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | William Culleton | Evaluation IEE Procedural Violation |
| Download PDF | 01/04/2013 | 13185-12-13 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Michael McElligott | IEP Speech/Language Impairment IEE |
| Download PDF | 05/24/2012 | 2323-11-12 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Anne Carroll | Child Find Emotional Disturbance Evaluation Jurisdiction of Hearing Officer |
| Download PDF | 12/29/2011 | 2273-11-12 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Anne Carroll | Child Find Identification Eligibility Compensatory Education Section 504 |
| Download PDF | 11/17/2011 | 1711-10-11 | Avon Grove School District | 24 | Anne Carroll | Child Find Identification Eligibility Reimbursement Tuition Reimbursement |
| Download PDF | 09/01/2020 | 23126-19-20 | Baldwin-Whitehall School District | 03 | Michael McElligott | Identification IEP Compensatory Education Tuition Reimbursement |