Pennsylvania
Special Education Hearing Officer
DECISION
Child’s Name: Student
Date of Birth: xx/xx/xx
Date of Hearing: July 31, 2009
CLOSED HEARING
ODR Case # 9877-08-09-AS
Parties to the Hearing:
Central Greene School District P.O. Box 472
Waynesburg, PA 15370
Representative:
Ronald Amrhein, Esq.
Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace 411 Seventh Avenue/Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
John Rushford, Esquire Dodaro, Matta & Cambest 1001 Ardmore Boulevard Suite 100
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Date Record Closed: August 24, 2009
Date of Decision: September 8, 2009
Hearing Officer: Jake McElligott, Esquire
INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Student (“student”) is a teen-aged student residing in the Central Greene School District (“District”) who has been identified as a student with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act of 2004 (“IDEIA”)1. The parents requested reimbursement of privately funded related services due to alleged failure to provide a free appropriate public education (”FAPE”). The District maintains that it provided a FAPE to student at all times.
ISSUE
Are parents entitled to compensation and/or other remedies as the result of an alleged denial of a FAPE to the student?
Student-Central-Greene-ODRNo-9877-08-09-AS