Pennsylvania
Special Education Hearing Officer
DECISION
Child’s Name: Student
Date of Birth: xx/xx/xx
Date of Hearing: May 26, 2010
CLOSED HEARING
ODR Case # 01054-09-10-AS
Parties to the Hearing:
Cumberland Valley School District 6746 Carlisle Pike Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Representative:
Philip Drumheiser, Esq. P.O. Box 890
Carlisle, PA 17013
Sharon Montanye, Esq. Sweet, Stevens, et. al. 331 E. Butler Avenue New Britain, PA 18901
Date Record Closed: June 4, 2010
Date of Decision: June 9, 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 anxiety issues and as a student in need of emotional support. The student resides in the Cumberland Valley School District (“District”). The parties do not dispute that the student is a student with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act of 2004 (“IDEIA”)1. The student’s grandmother, who acts as the student’s guardian, claims that the proposed school location for the student’s extended school year (“ESY”) program is inappropriate. The District maintains that the location proposed for the ESY program it has offered is appropriate and, as such, has complied with its duties under federal and Pennsylvania law to offer the student a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”).
ISSUES
Is the school location proposed by the District for the ESY program appropriate or not?
If not, what is an appropriate location for the ESY program?
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