PENNSYLVANIA
SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER
ODR File No.: 7935/07-08 LS
Student: D.B.
School District: Philadelphia
Type of Hearing: Closed
For the Student:
For the School District:
Kenneth Cooper, Esq.
Office of General Counsel
School District of Philadelphia
440 North Broad Street, Third Floor Philadelphia, PA 19130-4015
Due Process Hearing Request Date: July 23, 2007
Hearing Date: September 19, 2007
Date transcript received: September 25, 2007
Decision Date: October 5, 2007
Hearing Officer: Daniel J. Myers
BACKGROUND
Student is a xx year old, eleventh grade high school student who contests two School District determinations: that Student made several false 911 emergency services calls from the high school; and that this behavior was not a manifestation of Student’s disability. For the reasons described below, I find for the School District.
ISSUE
Whether or not the behavior of which Student is accused is a manifestation of Student’s disability.
D-B-Philadelphia-ODRNo-7935-07-08-LS