PENNSYLVANIA
SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER
Re: ODR No. 7967/07-08 LS
PP
Pleasant Valley School District
For the Student:
For the School District:
Pleasant Valley School District Route 115
Brodheadsville, PA 18322-2002
Kristine M. Roddick, Esq. King, Spry
1 West Broad Street, Suite 700 Bethlehem, PA 18018
Type of Hearing: Closed
Hearing Date: January 4, 2008
Date Record Closed: January 9, 2008
Decision Date: January 23, 2008
Hearing Officer: Daniel J. Myers
BACKGROUND
Student alleges that he was denied a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) for an unspecified period of time prior to January 4, 2007. The School District counters that it never denied FAPE to Student while he attended its schools, and further that it had no obligation to provide FAPE to Student because he was not a School District resident while attending its public schools. For the reasons described below, I conclude that, although Student was denied FAPE, he is not entitled to compensatory education from this School District because he was a resident of a different school district at the time of the FAPE denial.
ISSUE
Whether the School District denied FAPE to Student from August 1, 2003 through January 4, 2007?
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