California Special Education Law

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2016 Hearing Decision Statistics

April 15, 2017

A total of 97 special education disputes were heard by California’s Office of Administrative Hearings in 2016. 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 ofhearing decisions sorted by prevailing party followed by its percentage of the total number of hearing decisions.

Student Prevailed 12 12%
Split Decision 42 43%
LEA* Prevailed 43 44%
Totals 97 100%

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.

ALJ District Split Student
Adrienne L. Krikorian 2
Alexa J. Hohensee 2 2
B. Andrea Miles 2 2
Caroline A. Zuk 3 1 1
Charles Marson 3
Charles Marson 3
Cheryl Carlson 2 1 1
Chris Butchko 1 3 1
Christine M. Arden 2 1
Clifford H. Woosley 2
Cole Dalton 2 3
Darrell Lepkowsky 2 1
Dena Coggins 1 1 1
Elsa H. Jones 1 1
Joy Redmon 1 1
Judith Pasewark 4 1
Kara K. Hatfield 1 3 1
Laurie Gorsline 2
Lisa Lunsford 2
Marc Levine 2
Margaret Broussard 1
Marian H. Tully 2 3 1
Paul H. Kamaroff 1 1 1
Peter Paul Castillo 1
Rebecca Freie 2 1
Robert F. Helfand 1
Robert G. Martin 2 2
Sabrina Kong 1 2
Ted Mann 3
Ted Mann 2
Theresa Ravandi 1
Vernon Bogy 3
Totals 43 42 12

Hearing Decisions by Student’s Representation

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

Student’s Representation LEA* Prevailed Split Decision Student Prevailed Total
Attorney 24 35 9 68
Advocate 1 5 0 6
Parent 10 3 3 16
None 7 0 0 7
Totals 42 43 12 97