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2012 Hearing Decision Statistics

December 31, 2012

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A total of 94 special education disputes were heard by California’s Office of Administrative Hearings in 2012. The following tables show the outcomes of those hearings sorted by:

  • Prevailing Party
  • Administrative Law Judges by Prevailing Party
  • Prevailing Party by Student’s Representation

Hearing Decisions by Prevailing Party

This table shows the number hearing decisions sorted by prevailing party followed by its percentage of the total number of hearing decisions.

Student Prevailed 13 14%
Split Decision 23 24%
LEA* Prevailed 60 63%
Total 94

Hearing Decisions by Administrative Law Judges

This table shows the decisions by name of administrative law judges (ALJs) and the number of decisions showing which party prevailed.

Administrative Law Judge LEA* Prevailed Split Decision Student Prevailed
Adeniyi A. Ayoade 3
Adrienne L. Krikorian 3
Alexa J. Hohensee 2 1
Alexa J. Hohensee, Gary A. Geren 1
Carla L. Garrett 3
Charles Marson 2 1 2
Clara L. Slifkin 3 1
Clifford H. Woosley 3 1
Darrell Lepkowsky 4 2
Deborah Myers-Cregar 2 1 1
Deidre L. Johnson 3 1
Eileen M. Cohn 4 2
Elsa H. Jones 2 1
Glynda B. Gomez 1
Joan Herrington 1
Judith Pasewark 3 1
June R. Lehman 4 1
Marian H. Tully 4 1
Paul H. Kamaroff 1 2
Peter Paul Castillo 2 3
Rebecca Freie 2 2
Robert F. Helfand 3 1 1
Stella L. Owens-Murrell 1 1 1
Susan Ruff 4 1
Theresa Ravandi 2
Timothy L. Newlove 1
Troy K. Taira 1 1 1
Totals 60 23 13

Hearing Decisions by Student’s Representation

This table shows the hearing decisions sorted by prevailing party and the student’s representation.

Student’s Representation Attorney Advocate Parent None Totals
LEA* Prevailed 24 8 23 4 60
Split Decision 18 6 24
Student Prevailed 11 1 1 13
Totals 53 9 31 4 96

*Refers to any Local Education Agency (LEA) such as a school district, County Office of Education, County Mental Health, Charter School, etc.