PENNSYLVANIA
SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER
ODR File Number : 7271/06-07 LS
Student: Student
School District: Coatesville Area
Type of Hearing: Closed
For the Student:
Phillip Drumheiser, Esq. Attorney at Law
2202 Circle Road Carlisle, PA 17013
For the School District:
Angelo Romaniello
Director of Pupil Personnel Services Coatesville Area School District 545 East Lincoln Highway Coatesville, PA 19320
Shawn Lochinger, Esq. Rhoads and Sinon
One South Market Square P.O. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
Due Process Hearing Request Date: January 7, 2007
Hearing Dates: May 7 and June 7, 2007
Date of Receipt of Transcript: June 13, 2007
Decision Date: June 22, 2007
Hearing Officer: Daniel J. Myers
BACKGROUND
Student is a xx year old child who was a student of the School District from September 1998 (pre-first grade) through January 13, 2006 (seventh grade). Student seeks compensatory education, alleging that the School District failed to timely evaluate Student, inaccurately identified his disability, and subsequently programmed inappropriately for Student’s special education needs. For the reasons described below, I award compensatory education, but I conclude that Student’s recovery of compensatory education is limited by the applicable statute of limitations and reasonable rectification period.
ISSUE
Whether or not the School District has provided Student with appropriate educational programming and placement since his first grade, 1999-2000, school year?
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