Pennsylvania
Special Education Hearing Officer
DECISION
Child’s Name: CN
Date of Birth: XX-XX-XXXX
Date of Hearing: January 13, 2010 OPEN HEARING
ODR Case 00574-09-10-LS
Parties to the Hearing:
Ms.
Mr.
Mrs. Connie Fiorante
Neshannock Township School District 3834 Mitchell Road
New Castle, PA 16105
Representative:
James Clark, Esq. 277 Millwood Road Lancaster, PA 17603
Jonathan Solomon, Esq. 421 E. Moody Avenue New Castle, PA 16101
Date Record Closed: January 13, 2010
Date of Decision: January 27, 2010
Hearing Officer:Jake McElligott, Esquire
INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
“Student” is a 7-year old student (“student”) residing in the Neshannock Township School District (“District”) who has been identified as gifted under the provisions of 22 PA CODE §§16.1-65 (“Chapter 16”). Parents claim that the District has denied the student an appropriate gifted education due to alleged failures in the student’s gifted individualized education plan (“GIEP”).
ISSUE
Has the District provided an appropriate gifted education plan to the student?
If not, what remedy/remedies are owed to the student?
CN-Neshannock-Township-ODRNo-00574-09-10-LS