STATE OF CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Enfield Board of Education v. Student - CT SDE Case No. 17-0373
Case No. 17-0373
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: Pro Se
Appearing before: Attorney Ann F. Bird Hearing Officer
ISSUE:
Is the Board of Education’s evaluation appropriate?
PROCEDURAL HISTORY:
The Board of Education requested a special education due process hearing in the above-captioned matter on March 1, 2016. This Impartial Hearing Officer was appointed to hear the case on March 2, 2016. A telephonic pre-hearing conference was convened on March 24, 2016. The Student’s father appeared on behalf of the Student and Attorney Christine Chinni appeared on behalf of the Board of Education. An evidentiary hearing was scheduled for April 12, 2017. Subsequently, the parties requested that the hearing be postponed to May 3, 2017 and their request was granted.
On March 24, 2017, Counsel for the Board of Education submitted a written request for a thirty-day postponement and extension of the timelines to conduct the hearing and to file the final decision in this case to May 12, 2017. The Student did not object and the request was granted.
On May 3, 2017, the parties appeared for the scheduled evidentiary hearing in this case. At that time, the parties requested that the hearing be postponed to allow them an opportunity to discuss resolution of the case. The request was granted.
On May 3, 2017, Counsel for the Board of Education reported that the parties resolved their dispute and requested that the matter be dismissed with prejudice.
FINAL DECISION AND ORDER:
It is ordered that the Board of Education’s request is granted and the matter is dismissed with prejudice.