Pennsylvania
Special Education Hearing Officer
DECISION
Child’s Name: Student
Date of Birth: xx/xx/xx
Date of Hearing: May 27, 2010
CLOSED HEARING
ODR Case # 00962-09-10-AS
Parties to the Hearing:
Cumberland Valley School District 6746 Carlisle Pike Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Representative: Pro Se
Karl Romberger, Esq. Sweet, Stevens, et. al. 331 E. Butler Avenue New Britain, PA 18901
Date Record Closed: May 27, 2010
Date of Decision: June 11, 2010
Hearing Officer: Jake McElligott, Esquire
INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Student (“student”) is a pre-teen aged student who has been identified as student with a disability who receives learning support in reading and supports for organization and study skills. The student resides in the Cumberland Valley School District (“District”). The parties do not dispute that the student has a disability and qualifies for services under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act of 2004 (“IDEIA”)1. The student’s parents claim that, due to a vision irregularity, the student should receive vision therapy as a related service. The District maintains that vision therapy is not necessary for the provision of a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) to the student under federal and Pennsylvania law.
ISSUES
Must the District provide vision therapy to the student as a related service?
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