California Special Education Law

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2019 Hearing Decision Statistics

September 19, 2020

A total of 94 special education disputes were heard by California’s Office of Administrative Hearings in 2019. 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 17 18%
Split Decision 29 31%
LEA* Prevailed 47 50%
NA 1 1%
Total 94 100%

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 Krikorian, Laurie Gorsline 1
Adrienne L. Krikorian 1 2
Alexa J. Hohensee 3 1 1
Brian H. Krikorian 3
Charles Marson 3
Chris Butchko 2 1 1
Christine M. Arden 3 1
Clifford H. Woosley 1 2
Cole Dalton 2 4
Cynthia Fritz 2 2
Deborah Myers-Cregar 1
Elsa H. Jones 3
Judith Pasewark 2 1
June R. Lehman 1 1
Kara K. Hatfield 1 1 1
Laurie Gorsline 3
Linda Johnson 3 2
Paul H. Kamoroff 2 3
Penelope Pahl 1 1
Rebecca Freie 1
Rita Defilippis 2 1
Robert G. Martin 3
Rommel P. Cruz 4 2
Sabrina Kong 1 1 2
Tara Doss 3 1
Ted Mann 2 1 1
Theresa Ravandi 2
Tiffany Gilmartin 3 1
Totals 47 29 17 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 LEA* Prevailed Split Decision Student Prevailed None
Attorney 19 24 7 0
Advocate 1 2 0 0
Parent 16 2 6 0
None 11 1 4 1
Totals 47 29 17 1

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