California Special Education Law

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2013 Hearing Decision Statistics

March 18, 2014

A total of 94 special education disputes were heard by California’s Office of Administrative Hearings in 2013. 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 10 11%
Split Decision 29 30%
LEA* Prevailed 55 59%
Total 93 100%

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 1
Adrienne L. Krikorian 3 1
Alexa J. Hohensee 1 2
Bob N. Varma 1
Carla L. Garrett 2 1
Charles Marson 4 1
Clifford H. Woosley 2 1
Darrell Lepkowsky 3 3 1
Deborah Myers-Cregar 1
Deidre L. Johnson 2 1
Eileen M. Cohn 2
Elsa H. Jones 3 1
Judith Pasewark 3
June R. Lehman 3
Margaret Broussard 1 2
Marian H. Tully 3 1
Paul H. Kamoroff 1 1 1
Peter Paul Castillo 2 5
Rebecca Freie 3 1 1
Robert F. Helfand 1 1
Robert G. Martin 4 1
Sabrina King 1 1
Stella L. Owens-Murrell 3 1
Susan Ruff 1 3
Theresa Ravandi 4 2
Troy K. Taira 1 2
Totals 55 29 9

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 27 1 22 5 55
Split Decision 24 2 3 0 29
Student Prevailed 5 2 3 0 10
Totals 56 5 28 5 94

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