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| List of Hearing Officer Decisions | ||||||
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| Decision Date | File Number | LEA | IU | Hearing Officer | Issue(s) | |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/27/2026 | 32629-25-26 | Upper Darby School District | 25 | James Gerl | Individualized Education Program |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/27/2026 | 33016-25-26 | Garnet Valley School District | 25 | Michael McElligott | Autistic Spectrum Behavior Plan Alternative Education Setting |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/26/2026 | 32337-25-26 | Saucon Valley School District | 20 | James Gerl | Individualized Education Program |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/21/2026 | 31719-25-26 | Chartiers Valley School District | 03 | Cathy Skidmore | Evaluation Behavior Plan Compensatory Education Retaliation Discrimination |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/17/2026 | 32951-25-26 | Pittsburgh School District | 02 | Cathy Skidmore | Extended School Year |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/14/2026 | 32447-25-26 | Colonial School District | 23 | Joy Waters Fleming | Evaluation Consent Override Procedure |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/13/2026 | 32593-25-26 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Joy Waters Fleming | Evaluation Independent Educational Evaluation |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/12/2026 | 32922-25-26 | Upper Dublin School District | 23 | Savannah Murphy | Discipline Eligibility Section 504 |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/12/2026 | 32935-25-26 | Canon-McMillan School District | 01 | Joy Waters Fleming | Free Appropriate Public Education Extended School Year |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/11/2026 | 32018-25-26 | Philadelphia City School District | 26 | Cathy Skidmore | Multiple Disabilities Related Services Behavior Plan Compensatory Education Private School |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/08/2026 | 32087-25-26 | Spring-Ford Area School District | 23 | Cathy Skidmore | Specific Learning Disability Private School - Unilateral Placement Reimbursement |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 05/04/2026 | 32292-25-26 | South Western School District | 12 | Michael McElligott | Interstate Transfer |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 04/30/2026 | 31614-25-26 | Upper Darby School District | 25 | Michael McElligott | Individualized Education Program Goals Reimbursement |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 04/30/2026 | 31771-25-26 | Mars Area School District | 04 | Cathy Skidmore | Autistic Spectrum Evaluation Procedural Violation Related Services Private School - Unilateral Placement |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 04/24/2026 | 32718-25-26 | Radnor Township School District | 25 | Joy Waters Fleming | Free Appropriate Public Education Section 504 Child Find |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 04/22/2026 | 32716-25-26 | Mechanicsburg Area School District | 15 | Michael McElligott | Procedural Violation Individualized Education Program Retaliation |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 04/17/2026 | 32341-25-26 | Boyertown Area School District | 14 | James Gerl | Independent Educational Evaluation |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 04/13/2026 | 31770-25-26 | Chichester School District | 25 | James Gerl | Evaluation Individualized Education Program |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 04/13/2026 | 32340-25-26 | Pittsburgh School District | 02 | Savannah Murphy | Independent Educational Evaluation Assistive Technology |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 04/12/2026 | 31733-25-26 | ELWYN, Inc. EI Program for Philadelphia SD | 26 | Joy Waters Fleming | Free Appropriate Public Education Individualized Education Program Compensatory Education |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 04/11/2026 | 31927-25-26 | Upper Darby School District | 25 | Joy Waters Fleming | Free Appropriate Public Education Least Restrictive Environment Individualized Education Program |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 03/31/2026 | 31812-25-26 | Lehigh Career & Technical Institute | 21 | Michael McElligott | Section 504 Discrimination Discipline |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 03/30/2026 | 32541-25-26 | Belle Vernon Area School District | 07 | Michael McElligott | Intellectual Disability Transition - Post Secondary |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 03/26/2026 | 31909-25-26 | Central Greene School District | 01 | Cathy Skidmore | Compensatory Education |
| opens in a new window Download PDF | 03/25/2026 | 31388-24-25 | Methacton School District | 23 | Joy Waters Fleming | Free Appropriate Public Education Compensatory Education Reading Disability |