Conrad Weiser Area School District v. Department of Education

CRAIG, President Judge.

The Conrad Weiser Area School District appeals a decision of the Special Education Appeals Panel of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that reversed in part a decision by a hearing officer of the Department of Education that determined that Samuel L., a fifth grade student in the school district, (1) does not have a learning disability, (2) does not need special education for written expression, math, and occupational therapy (OT), and (3) is receiving an appropriate education under his proposed gifted individualized education program (IEP).

Samuel L. is “mentally gifted”…