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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 | 05/21/2025 | 30945-24-25 | Methacton School District | 23 | Brian Ford | Residential Placement Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 05/20/2025 | 30146-24-25 | Pleasant Valley School District | 20 | Cathy Skidmore | Identification Evidence Statute of Limitations |
| Download PDF | 05/05/2025 | 30499-24-25 | Parkland School District | 21 | Cathy Skidmore | Evaluation Individualized Education Program Specific Learning Disability Other Health Impairment |
| Download PDF | 04/30/2025 | 30546-24-25 | Laboratory Charter School | 26 | Charles Jelley | Free Appropriate Public Education Individualized Education Program Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 04/30/2025 | 30862-24-25 | Parkland School District | 21 | James Gerl | Independent Educational Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 04/29/2025 | 30221-24-25 | Pine-Richland School District | 03 | Michael McElligott | Individualized Education Program Discrimination |
| Download PDF | 04/15/2025 | 30563-24-25 | Belmont Charter School | 26 | Cathy Skidmore | Behavior Plan Parent Rights Least Restrictive Environment Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 04/14/2025 | 29972-24-25 | Chichester School District | 25 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Emotional Disturbance Limited English Proficiency Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 04/12/2025 | 30963-24-25 | Plum Borough School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Discipline Alternative Education Setting Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 04/10/2025 | 30447-24-25 | Unionville-Chadds Ford School District | 24 | James Gerl | Individualized Education Program Parent Rights Procedural Violation Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 04/10/2025 | 30758-24-25 | Unionville-Chadds Ford School District | 24 | James Gerl | Individualized Education Program Parent Rights Procedural Violation Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 04/10/2025 | 30892-24-25 | North Allegheny School District | 03 | Michael McElligott | Discipline Emotional Disturbance Other Health Impairment |
| Download PDF | 03/31/2025 | 30286-24-25 | Neshannock Township School District | 04 | Cathy Skidmore | Eligibility Specific Learning Disability Evaluation Individualized Education Program |
| Download PDF | 03/28/2025 | 30717-24-25 | Quaker Valley School District | 03 | Michael McElligott | Eligibility |
| Download PDF | 03/28/2025 | 30623-24-25 | Palisades School District | 22 | James Gerl | Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 03/27/2025 | 30128-24-25 | Woodland Hills School District | 03 | Joy Waters Fleming | Free Appropriate Public Education Placement Behavior Management Plan Discipline Compensatory Education |
| Download PDF | 03/27/2025 | 30553-24-25 | Lower Merion School District | 23 | James Gerl | Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 03/21/2025 | 30807-24-25 | East Stroudsburg Area School District | 20 | Charles Jelley | Section 504 Free Appropriate Public Education |
| Download PDF | 03/18/2025 | 30589-24-25 | Interboro School District | 25 | James Gerl | Individualized Education Program Evaluation |
| Download PDF | 03/17/2025 | 30797-24-25 | North Allegheny School District | 03 | Charles Jelley | Free Appropriate Public Education Section 504 Discrimination Title IX |
| Download PDF | 03/14/2025 | 30627-24-25 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | James Gerl | Evaluation Parent Rights |
| Download PDF | 03/14/2025 | 30414-24-25 | Scranton School District | 19 | Brian Ford | Burden of Proof Individualized Education Program |
| Download PDF | 03/07/2025 | 29878-23-24 | ||||