PENNSYLVANIA
SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER
6687/05-06 KE
File Number
G.K.
Child’s Name
[redacted]
Date of Birth
8/02/06, 9/08/06
Dates of Hearing
Closed
Type of Hearing
For the Student: Parent[s]
Amy Slody, Esq. Gibbel, Kraybill & Hess 41 East Orange Street Lancaster, PA 17602
For the Dallastown Area School District:
Lydia Schnetzka, Director of Special Education
Dallastown Area School District 2500 South Queen Street
York, PA 17402
Gina K. DePietro, Esq.
Sweet, Stevens, Tucker & Katz P.O. Box 5069
331 Butler Avenue
New Britain, PA 18901
Dates of Hearing: August 2 and September 8, 2006
Receipt of Last Transcript: September 13, 2006
Date of Decision: September 26, 2006
Hearing Officer: Daniel J. Myers
BACKGROUND
[Student] (Student) is [a pre-teenaged], 6th grade resident of the School District with learning disabilities in reading and written expression. Contending that the School District’s proposed program and placement for 2006-2007 is not appropriate, Student’s parents seek reimbursement of [Student’s] private school tuition. For the reasons described below, I find for Student’s parents.
ISSUE
Whether the appropriate educational program and placement for Student is the School District’s proposal or the [redacted] School (hereinafter Private School)?
G-K-Dallastown-Area-ODRNo-6687-05-06-KE