Big Beaver Falls Area School District v. Jackson

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Big Beaver Falls Area School District (District) appeals the decision of a Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Special Education Appeals Review Panel (Appeals Panel) that ordered compensatory education based on a finding that student Hope Jackson (Hope) had been unlawfully excluded from school by the District for more than fifteen days, during the 1991-92 school year, in violation of 22 Pa.Code § 14.35(c)(1). We affirm.

Hope, a student at the District’s high school, Is a child with disabilities, as defined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20…