California Special Education Law

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2015 Hearing Decision Statistics

January 21, 2016

A total of 87 special education disputes were heard by California’s Office of Administrative Hearings in 2015. 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 11 13%
Split Decision 33 38%
LEA* Prevailed 42 48%
NA 1 1%
Total 87 100%

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 NA
Adrienne L. Krikorian 2 2
Alexa J. Hohensee 3
B. Andrea Miles 3 2
Caroline A. Zuk 2 1 1
Charles Marson 2 1 1
Chris Butchko 3 2 1
Clifford H. Woosley 2 2
Cole Dalton 2 1
Darrell Lepkowsky 3 1
Dena Coggins 1
Elsa H. Jones 2 2
Joy Redmon 1 2 1
Judith Pasewark 3
Kara Hatfield 1 1
Laurie Gorsline 2 1
Margaret Broussard 1
Marian H. Tully 3 1
Paul H. Kamoroff 2 2 1
Rebecca Freie 1 3 1
Robert F. Helfand 1 1 1
Robert G. Martin 1 1
Sabrina Kong 1 2
Susan Ruff 2 1
Ted Mann 3
Theresa Ravandi 1 3
Total 42 33 11 1

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 3 10 5 45
Split Decision 25 0 3 2 30
Student Prevailed 6 1 4 0 11
NA 0 0 0 1 1
Total 58 4 17 8 87