STATE OF CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Stratford Board of Education v. Student - CT SDE Case No. 19-0034
Case No. 19-0034
Stratford Board of Education v. Student [1]
Appearing on behalf of the Board of Education: Attorney Michelle Laubin Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P.C. 75 Broad Street Milford, Connecticut 06460
Appearing on behalf of Student: Student’s Parents, Pro Se
Appearing before: Janis C. Jerman Hearing Officer
A special education hearing in the above-captioned matter was requested by Board of Education (“BOE”) via Letter dated July 12, 2018. [2] A pre-hearing conference was scheduled for July 30. The deadline to mail the final decision and order is August 11. The following issues are identified:
1. Is Board of Education’s evaluation of Student appropriate?
2. If the answer to the above issue is in the negative, is Student’s Parent entitled to an individual educational evaluation at public expense? On July 23, BOE’s Attorney indicated via email that Student’s Parents withdrew their request for an independent educational evaluation at public expense and that BOE therefore withdraws its due process hearing request.
Based on the above facts, the request for due process hearing is dismissed.
Footnotes
[1] In order to comply with the confidentiality requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g (“FERPA”) and related regulations at 34 CFR § 99, this decision uses “Student,” “Parents,” and titles of certain school staff members and witnesses in place of names and other personally-identifiable information.
[2] All dates are 2018 unless otherwise indicated.