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2010 Hearing Decision Statistics

January 01, 2010

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Tables of 2010 Special Education Hearing Decisions – Sorted by prevailing parties, administrative law judges and student's legal representation.

A total of 89 special education disputes were heard by California’s Office of Administrative Hearings in 2010. 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
9
10%
Split Decision
27
31%
LEA* Prevailed
53
61%
Total
89

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
6
Adrienne L. Krikorian
5
Bob N. Varma
3
2
Carla L. Garrett
3
1
Charles Marson
4
Clara L. Slifkin
1
1
Clifford H. Woosley
1
1
1
Darrell Lepkowsky
2
2
Deborah Myers-Cregar
1
1
Deidre L. Johnson
1
Eileen M. Cohn
2
1
2
Elsa H. Jones
2
1
Gary A. Geren
1
Glynda B. Gomez
2
1
Judith Pasewark
3
1
1
June R. Lehman
3
1
Lisa M. O’Brien
2
Michael G. Barth
1
Peter Paul Castillo
1
5
Rebecca Freie
1
Richard T. Breen
1
1
Robert F. Helfand
3
1
2
Stella L. Owens-Murrell
1
3
Susan Ruff
2
1
1
Timothy L. Newlove
3
1
Troy Taira
2
Totals
53
27
9

Hearing Decisions by Student’s Legal Representation

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

Student’s Representation Advocate Attorney Parent None Totals
LEA* Prevailed
3
24
23
3
53
Split Decision
22
5
27
Student Prevailed
9
9
Totals
3
55
28
3
89

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