California Special Education Law

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2018 Hearing Decision Statistics

September 19, 2020

A total of 100 special education disputes were heard by California’s Office of Administrative Hearings in 2018. 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 of hearing decisions sorted by prevailing party followed by its percentage of the total number of hearing decisions.

Student Prevailed 34 34%
Split Decision 17 17%
LEA* Prevailed 49 49%
Total 100 100%

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
Rebecca Freie 1 2 1
Adrienne L. Krikorian 2 1
Alexa J. Hohensee 6 1
Charles Marson 3 1
Chris Butchko 2 1
Christine M. Arden 2
Clifford H. Woosley 2 1 1
Cole Dalton 3 1
Cynthia Fritz 1 3 1
Darrell Lepkowsky 2 2
Deborah Myers-Cregar 1
Elsa H. Jones 1 1
Jackie C. Dai 1
Judith Pasewark 2 1 4
June R. Lehman 2
Kara K. Hatfield 2
Laurie Gorsline 2
Linda Johnson 2 2
Paul H. Kamoroff 1 2
Penelope Pahl 1 2
Rita Defilippis 1 3 1
Robert G. Martin 2 1
Rommel P. Cruz 2 2
Sabrina Kong 3
Tara Doss 4
Ted Mann 2 2
Theresa Ravandi 3 1
Tiffany Gilmartin 2 1 2
Vernon Bogy 1
Totals 49 34 17

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
Attorney 27 28 14
Advocate 0 0 0
Parent 14 6 3
None 8 0 0
Totals 49 34 17

*LEA – Local Education Agency, which in most cases is a school district