STATE OF CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Enfield Board of Education v. Student - CT SDE Case No. 16-0278
Case No. 16-0278
Enfield Board of Education and Student
Appearing on behalf of the Board of Education: Attorney Christine Chinni Chinni & Meuser LLC One Darling Drive Avon, CT 06001
Appearing on behalf of the Student: Attorney Courtney Spencer The Law Office of Courtney Spencer LLC 100 Riverview Center, Ste 290 Middletown CT 06457
Appearing before: Attorney Ann F. Bird Hearing Officer
ISSUE:
Should the Surrogate Parent be required to cooperate with a diagnostic placement for the Student?
PROCEDURAL HISTORY:
The Enfield Board of Education requested a special education due process hearing in this case against the Student on December 9, 2015. The Impartial Hearing Officer was appointed to hear the case on December 9, 2015. A Prehearing Conference was conducted on January 5, 2016 with the Student’s surrogate parent appearing on behalf of the Student and Attorney Christine Chinni appearing on behalf of the Board of Education.
A second Prehearing Conference was conducted on January 20, 2016. Attorney Courtney Spencer appeared on behalf of the Student and Attorney Christine Chinni appeared on behalf of the Board of Education. The parties agreed that the matter should be dismissed without prejudice to allow time for the parties to discuss possible resolutions of the dispute.
On January 20, 2016, the Student requested that the matter be dismissed without prejudice.
FINAL DECISION AND ORDER:
It is ordered that the request of the Student for dismissal without prejudice is granted and this matter is dismissed without prejudice.