Special Ed Hearing Statistics for 2007
If you have the patience to click on each individual numerical link on the State Department of Education website under Special Education Due Process Hearing Decisions, you too may be able to discern the following statistics from the 2007 hearing decisions. These numbers are based on only those cases filed in 2007 that were also decided in 2007; it will not include those that were filed in 2006 and decided in 2007, or those filed in 2007 and decided in 2008. None of the 2008 decisions have been posted yet.
Number of cases filed and withdrawn or dismissed due to settlement: 154
Number of cases filed by parents and dismissed on motion from the board: 6
Number of cases decided "on the merits": 15
Of the cases decided "on the merits", number decided in favor of boards: 9
Of the cases decided "on the merits", number decided in favor of boards where the parent was not represented by counsel ("uncontested cases"): 5
Remaining decisions in favor of boards in "contested cases": 4
Of the cases decided "on the merits", number decided in favor of parents: 4
Split decisions (part of ruling in favor of board, part in favor of parent): 2
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