PENNSYLVANIA
SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER
DECISION
DUE PROCESS HEARING
Name of Child: D. F.
ODR #2082/11-12-KE
Date of Birth: [redacted]
Dates of Hearing: August 22, 2011 October 31, 2011
OPEN HEARING
Parties to the Hearing:
[Parents]
Red Lion Area School District 696 Delta Road
Red Lion, PA 17356
Representative:
Judith Gran, Esquire Reisman, Carolla,Gran, 19 Chestnut Street Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Steve Russell, Esquire
Susquehanna Commerce Center East 221 W. Philadelphia St. 6th Floor York, PA 17404
Date Record Closed: November 15, 2011
Date of Decision: November 21, 2011
Hearing Officer: Linda M. Valentini, Psy.D., CHO
Certified Hearing Official
Background
Student1, who is a teen-aged child with a low incidence disability, resides in the Red Lion Area School District (District). The Parents requested this hearing seeking a finding that the District has not provided all Student’s educational records to them, thus denying them meaningful participation in their child’s educational programming and/or denying Student a free appropriate public education (FAPE).
Issue
Did the Red Lion Area School District commit a procedural violation that impeded the Parents’ right to participate in their child’s educational programming and/or denied the Student FAPE by failing to provide educational records for student as defined by FERPA, that is, directly related to the Student and maintained by the school district for the Parents to inspect and review within a reasonable time and under reasonable conditions with explanations about said records as necessary?
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