Pennsylvania
Special Education Hearing Officer
DECISION
Student’s Name: N.M.
Date of Birth: [redacted]
ODR No. 13612-1213KE
CLOSED HEARING
Parties to the Hearing:
Cumberland Valley School District 6746 Carlisle Pike Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Parents
Representative:
Mark W. Cheramine Walz, Esq. Sweet Stevens Katz & Williams, LLP 331 Butler Avenue, P.O. Box 5069 New Britain, PA 18901
Pro se
Date of Hearing: April 15, 2013
Record Closed: April 26, 2013
Date of Decision: May 3, 2013
Hearing Officer: Brian Jason Ford
INTRODUCTION
This matter arises under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. The District has proposed to reevaluate the Student to determine the Student’s educational needs.1 The Parents have refused to consent to the evaluation. The District requested this due process hearing, seeking an order that it may evaluate the Student without the Parents’ consent.
ISSUE
May the District evaluate the Student?
N-M-Cumberland-Valley-ODRNo-13612-1213KE