2009 Hearing Decision Statistics
January 01, 2009Tables of 2009 Special Education Hearing Decisions – Sorted by prevailing parties, administrative law judges and student's legal representation.
A total of 104 special education disputes were heard by California’s Office of Administrative Hearings in 2009. 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.
| LEA* Prevailed |
54
|
52%
|
| Split Decision |
34
|
33%
|
| Parent Prevailed |
16
|
15%
|
| Total |
104
|
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 |
| Carla L. Garrett |
2
|
1
|
–
|
| Charles Marson |
6
|
1
|
1
|
| Clara L. Slifkin |
1
|
–
|
–
|
| Clifford H. Woosley |
–
|
–
|
1
|
| Darrell Lepkowsky |
3
|
4
|
1
|
| Deborah Myers-Cregar |
–
|
1
|
–
|
| Deidre L. Johnson |
4
|
4
|
1
|
| Eileen M. Cohn |
1
|
–
|
–
|
| Elsa H. Jones |
2
|
2
|
1
|
| Gary A. Geren |
1
|
–
|
1
|
| Glynda B. Gomez |
4
|
2
|
–
|
| Judith Pasewark |
–
|
–
|
1
|
| Peter Paul Castillo |
2
|
1
|
–
|
| Rebecca Freie |
4
|
2
|
1
|
| Richard T. Breen |
4
|
2
|
1
|
| Robert F. Helfand |
1
|
1
|
1
|
| Stella L. Owens-Murrell |
5
|
1
|
1
|
| Steven Charles Smith |
3
|
1
|
1
|
| Susan Ruff |
4
|
2
|
4
|
| Suzanne Brown |
1
|
3
|
–
|
| Suzanne Dugan |
–
|
1
|
–
|
| Timothy L. Newlove |
2
|
2
|
–
|
| Trevor Skarda |
4
|
3
|
–
|
| Totals |
54
|
34
|
16
|
Hearing Decisions by Student’s 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 |
5
|
25
|
21
|
3
|
54
|
| Split Decision |
2
|
24
|
8
|
–
|
34
|
| Student Prevailed |
–
|
11
|
5
|
–
|
16
|
| Totals |
7
|
60
|
34
|
3
|
104
|
*Refers to any Local Education Agency (LEA) such as a school district, County Office of Education, County Mental Health, Charter School, etc.