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DECISIONDismissedCT SDE Case No. 19-0458

Student v. Norwalk Board of Education

STATE OF CONNECTICUT

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Student v. Norwalk Board of Education - CT SDE Case No. 19-0458

Case No. 19-0458

CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Student v. Norwalk Board of Education

Appearing on behalf of the Board: Marsha Moses, Esq. Berchem Moses, P.C. 75 Broad Street Milford, CT 06460

Appearing on behalf of the Student: Parent, Pro se

Appearing before: Uswah A. Khan, Esq. Hearing Officer

ISSUES:

1. Did the district provide student with FAPE during the 2018-2019 school year, in that the nurse directly spoke to the minor’s child’s GI doctor, that an aide was not present on the bus, and that the student was inappropriately placed in a seclusion room?

2. If the Board has not provided a free appropriate public education, is transfer to Brookside elementary school and transportation a proper remedy for the effects of the District's deprivations of FAPE during all periods relevant to this request for due process?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY/SUMMARY:

The Parents filed the Due Process Complaint and Request for Hearing on April 4, 2019. The Hearing Officer was appointed on April 5, 2019. A Notice for Prehearing Conference was mailed out on April 10, 2019 and a Prehearing Conference was held on April 29, 2019. The mailing date of the decision was June 18, 2019. The parties reported a settlement of the case and the parent withdrew his complaint on April 29, 2019.

FINAL DECISION AND ORDER:

The matter is DISMISSED.