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Due Process Decisions
2022
Restraint and Seclusion Complaint Decisions
2022
Due Process Decisions
2021
- EA2021-0007 Larimer R-1, Poudre
- EA2021-0017 Boulder RE2, Boulder Valley
- EA2021-0018 Boulder RE2, Boulder Valley
- EA2021-0020 El Paso 20, Academy
State Complaint Decisions
2021
- 2021:501 Jefferson R-1, Lakewood
- 2021:502 Weld RE-5J, Johnstown
- 2021:504 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
- 2021:505 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2021:506 San Luis Valley BOCES
- 2021:508 El Paso 49, Falcon
- 2021:509 Adams-Arapahoe 28J, Aurora
- 2021:510 Denver 1, Denver Public Schools
- 2021:511 Boulder RE2, Boulder Valley
- 2021:515 Moffat RE1, Craig
- 2021:520 Denver 1, Denver Public Schools
- 2021:521 Denver 1, Denver Public Schools
- 2021:523 Pueblo 60, Urban
- 2021:524 San Juan BOCES
- 2021:525 Colorado Department of Corrections
- 2021:526 Weld RE-5J, Johnstown
- 2021:527 South Central BOCES
- 2021:530 El Paso 20, Academy
- 2021:532 El Paso 11, Colorado Springs
- 2021:533 School District
- 2021:534 Durango School District 9-R
- 2021:535 Pueblo 70, Rural
- 2021:538 School District
- 2021:540 Boulder RE-1J, St. Vrain Valley
- 2021:541 Denver 1, Denver Public Schools
Restraint and Seclusion Complaint Decisions
2021
Due Process Decisions
2020
- EA2020-0020 Pueblo 70, Rural
- EA2020-0023 Denver 1, Denver Public Schools
- EA2020-0029 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
State Complaint Decisions
2020
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2020:501 El Paso 20, Academy
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2020:504 Arapahoe 6, Littleton
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2020:505 Denver 1, Denver Public Schools
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2020:506 Adams-Arapahoe 28J, Aurora
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2020:510 Jefferson R-1, Lakewood
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2020:512 Denver 1, Denver Public Schools
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2020:514 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
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2020:515 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
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2020:517 Weld 6, Greeley
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2020:518 Weld RE-5J, Johnstown
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2020:521 El Paso 11, Colorado Springs
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2020:522 Mountain BOCES
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2020:523 El Paso 11, Colorado Springs
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2020:524 Denver 1, Denver Public Schools
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2020:526 Larimer County, R-3
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2020:528 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
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2020:531 Denver 1, Denver Public Schools
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2020:532 Jefferson R-1, Lakewood
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2020:533 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
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2020:536 Mountain BOCES
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2020:538 Arapahoe 6, Littleton
Due Process Decisions
2019
- EA2019-0006 Adams 27J
- EA2019-0019 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- EA2019-0023 St. Vrain Valley RE-1J
State Complaint Decisions
2019
- 2019:501 Denver Public Schools
- 2019:502 El Paso 8, Fountain - Ft. Carson
- 2019:507 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
- 2019:508 Adams 27J, Brighton
- 2019:509 St. Vrain Valley RE-1J
- 2019:510 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2019:514 El Paso 49, Falcon
- 2019:517 San Juan BOCES
- 2019:518 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2019:520 Mesa 51, Grand Junction
- 2019:522 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
- 2019:525 Adams 12, Thornton
- 2019:527 San Luis Valley BOCES
- 2019:528 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2019:531 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2019:532 Adams 27J, Brighton
- 2019:533 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
- 2019:537 Logan RE-1, Sterling
- 2019:539 Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock
- 2019:543 St. Vrain Valley RE-1J
- 2019:545 El Paso 11, Colorado Springs
- 2019:548 Mesa 51
- 2019:549 Charter School Institute
- 2019:552 Denver Public Schools
- 2019:553 Logan RE-1, Sterling
- 2019:554 Mesa 51, Grand Junction
- 2019:558 Mesa 51, Grand Junction
- 2019:560 Chater School Institute
- 2019:561 El Paso 49, Falcon
- 2019:562 El Paso 49, Falcon
- 2019:563 El Paso 49, Falcon
- 2019:567 San Juan BOCES
- 2019:569 El Paso 11, Colorado Springs
- 2019:570 Mesa 51, Grand Junction
- 2019:573 Ute Pass BOCES
- 2019:574 Boulder RE2, Boulder Valley
- 2019:575 Jefferson R-1
Due Process Decisions
2018
- EA2018-0007 Mesa 51
- EA2018-0018 Mesa 51
- EA2018-0019 Jefferson R-1
- EA2018-0022 Douglas RE-1
- EA2018-0030 Douglas RE-1
State Complaint Decisions
2018
- 2018:501 Centennial BOCES
- 2018:503 Larimer 1, Poudre
- 2018:505 Denver
- 2018:508 Adams 27J
- 2018:510 El Paso 11
- 2018:514 Denver
- 2018:515 Thompson R2-J
- 2018:517 Ft. Lupton/Keenesburg
- 2018:518 Arapahoe 5
- 2018:519 Pueblo 60
- 2018:520 Douglas RE-1
- 2018:523 Jefferson R-1
- 2018:524 Denver
- 2018:527 Adams 50
- 2018:528 Denver
- 2018:529 Jefferson R-1
- 2018:530 El Paso 49
- 2018:533 Weld RE-4
- 2018:535 Mesa 51
- 2018:543 Douglas RE-1
Due Process Decisions
2017
- EA2017-0010 El Paso 2, Harrison
- EA2017-0013 Jefferson R-1
- EA2017-0036 Douglas RE-1
- EA2017-0037 Moffat RE-1
- EA2017-0038 Mesa 51
State Complaint Decisions
2017
- 2017:501 Thompson R2-J
- 2017:502 El Paso 2, Harrison
- 2017:503 El Paso 11, Colorado Springs
- 2017:504 Douglas RE-1
- 2017:506 Adams 27J
- 2017:507 Douglas
- 2017:508 El Paso 20
- 2017:509 Douglas
- 2017:511 Adams 12
- 2017:512 Arapahoe 5
- 2017:516 Pueblo 60
- 2017:518 Jefferson R-1
- 2017:520 Douglas RE-1
- 2017:522 Moffat RE1
- 2017:526 Weld RE-4
- 2017:527 Arapahoe 6
- 2017:531 Larimer 1, Poudre
- 2017:532 Douglas RE-1
- 2017:533 Jefferson R-1
Due Process Decisions
2016
- EA2016-0003 Weld County School District 6
- EA2016-0008 El Paso 12, EA2016-0008 Order
- EA2016-0024 El Paso 2
- EA2016-0028 El Paso 2
- EA2016-0029 Denver
- EA2016-0033 Douglas RE-1
- EA2016-0036 Boulder Valley
State Complaint Decisions
2016
- 2016:502 Pueblo 70
- 2016:505 East Central BOCES
- 2016:507 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 2016:509 Arapahoe 6
- 2016:511 El Paso 2
- 2016:512 Boulder Valley School District
- 2016:513 Douglas RE-1
- 2016:514 Mesa County Valley 51
- 2016:516 Jefferson R-1
- 2016:518 Pueblo 60
- 2016:519 East Central BOCES
- 2016:520 Arapahoe 5
- 2016:521 Denver Public Schools
- 2016:522 Thompson R2-J
- 2016:524 Thompson R2-j
- 2016:525 Douglas RE-1
- 2016:526 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2016:528 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2016:530 Adams 27J, Brighton
Due Process Decisions
2015
- EA2015-0001 East Central BOCES
- EA2015-0002 Denver Public Schools
- EA2015-0005 Mt. Evans BOCES
- EA2015-0007 Douglas County School District
- EA2015-0027 Boulder Valley School District
- EA2015-0033 El Paso County School District 11
- EA2015-0034 Jefferson County School District R-1
State Complaint Decisions
2015
- 2015:502 El Paso 2, Harrison
- 2015:503 Adams School District 50, Westminster
- 2015:504 Jefferson R-1
- 2015:505 El Paso 38, Lewis-Palmer
- 2015:506 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 2015:507 Mountain BOCES
- 2015:508 Jefferson R-1
- 2015:509 El Paso 11, Colorado Springs
- 2015:510 Larimer R-1, Poudre
- 2015:511 East Central BOCES
- 2015:515 El Paso 2, Harrison
- 2015:516 El Paso 2, Harrison
- 2015:517 Adams 27J, Brighton
- 2015:519 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2015:521 El Paso 49, Falcon
- 2015:522 Mesa County School District 51
- 2015:523 San Juan BOCES
Due Process Decisions
2014
- EA2014-0018 El Paso 12, Cheyenne Mountain
- EA2014-0020 Pikes Peak BOCES
- EA2014-0021 Adams/Arapahoe 28J, Aurora
- EA2014-0029 El Paso 12, Cheyenne Mountain
State Complaint Decisions
2014
- 2014:502 El Paso 20, Academy
- 2014:504 Weld County SD 6
- 2014:505 Northwest BOCES
- 2014:506 Northwest BOCES
- 2014:507 Ute Pass BOCES
- 2014:509 Adams 12, Thornton
- 2014:510 Northwest BOCES
- 2014:511 El Paso 8, Fountain
- 2014:512 Adams/Arapahoe 28J, Aurora
- 2014:514 East Central BOCES
- 2014:516 El Paso 2, Harrison
- 2014:518 El Paso 3, Widefield
Due Process Decisions
2013
- EA2013-0007 El Paso 12, Cheyenne Mountain
- EA2013-0013 Boulder Valley School District
- EA2013-0014 Adams 27J, Brighton
Due Process Decisions
2012
- EA2012-0006 Douglas County
- EA2012-0016 Boulder Valley RE-2
- EA2012-0017 Mountain BOCES
- EA2012-0020 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- EA2012-0021 Mesa 51
State Complaint Decisions
2012
- 2012:503 El Paso 2
- 2012:505 San Luis Valley BOCES
- 2012:506 Adams 12
- 2012:508 El Paso 3, Widefield
- 2012:509 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2012:510 Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
- 2012:511 South Central BOCES
- 2012:512 Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek
- 2012:513 Jefferson County R-1
- 2012:514 Douglas County
Due Process Decisions
2011
There were no due process decisions issued in 2011
Due Process Decisions
2010
State Complaint Decisions
2010
Due Process Decisions
2009
- L2009:112 Pueblo 60
- L2009:115 Jefferson County R-1
- L2009:120 Pueblo 60
- EA2009-0001(L2008:113) El Paso 12
- EA2009-0002(L2008:111) El Paso 20
- EA2009-0003(2009:115) Jefferson County R-1
State Complaint Decisions
2009
Due Process Decisions
2008
- L2008:102 Denver
- L2008:111 El Paso 20
- L2008:113 El Paso 12
- L2008:114 El Paso 12
- EA2008-0001(L2007:116) Boulder Valley RE-2
- EA2008-0002(L2007:118) Thompson R2J
Due Process Decisions
2007
- L2007:114 Jefferson County R-1
- L2007:116 Boulder Valley RE-2
- L2007:118 Thompson R2J
- EA2007-0001(L2006:115) Arapahoe 5
- EA2007-0003(L2007:114) Jefferson County R-1
State Complaint Decisions
2007
- 2007:502 Morgan RE-3
- 2007:504 El Paso 11
- 2007:505 Fremont
- 2007:506 Adams 50
- 2007:508 Denver
- 2007:510 San Juan BOCES
- 2007:511 Arapahoe 5
- 2007:513 Mountain BOCES
- 2007:514 Denver Public Schools
- 2007:515 Adams/Arapahoe 28J, Aurora
- 2007:516 Denver
- 2007:517 Denver
- 2007:518 Mount Evans BOCES
- 2007:519 Larimer R-2J, Thompson
Administrative Law Judge (appeals)
- EA2007-0002(SC2007:506) Adams 50
ALJ: Michelle A. Norcross
Due Process Decisions
2006
- L2006:112 St. Vrain
- L2006:115 Arapahoe 5
- ED2006-0006(L2005:109) Mesa 51
- ED2006-0016(L2006:112) St. Vrain
State Complaint Decisions
2006
- 2006:501 Logan Valley Re-1
- 2006:503 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 2006:502 Adams 27J, Brighton
- 2006:504 St. Vrain Valley RE-1J
- 2006:505 Northeast BOCES
- 2006:506 Jefferson County R-1
- 2006:507 Pueblo 60
- 2006:508 Denver Public Schools
- 2006:510 Thompson R2-J
- 2006:512 Northwest BOCES
- 2006:513, 514, 515 Logan Valley RE-1
Due Process Decisions
2005
- L2005:102 Thompson R-2J
- L2005:109 Mesa 51
- L2005:110 Mesa 51
- L2005:114 Adams/Arapahoe 28J
- L2005:119 Mountain BOCES
- L2005:122 Boulder Valley RE-2
- ED2005-0013(L2005:102) Thompson R2J
- ED2005-0024(L2005:119) Mountain BOCES
State Complaint Decisions
2005
- 2005:501 South Central BOCES
- 2005:502 Logan Valley RE-1
- 2005:503 El Paso 11
- 2005:504 Jefferson County R-1
- 2005:507 Estes Park R-3
- 2005:511 Denver
- 2005:515 Arapahoe 5
- 2005:516 Denver
- 2005:520 El Paso 11
Administrative Law Judge (appeals)
- ED2005-0014(S2005:502) Logan Valley RE-1
ALJ: Donald E. Walsh
State Complaint Decisions
2004
- 2004:501 Weld 6
- 2004:502 Douglas County
- 2004:503 Morgan RE-3
- 2004:504 Mesa 51
- 2004:505 Morgan RE-3
- 2004:508 El Paso 20
- 2004:509 Logan Valley RE-1
- 2004:510 Jefferson County R-1
- 2004:511 Jefferson County R-1
- 2004:512 Jefferson County R-1
- 2004:515 Poudre R-1
Administrative Law Judge (appeals)
- ED2004-0007(S2004:504) Mesa 51
ALJ: Judith F. Schulman
Due Process Decisions
2003
- L2003:120 Poudre R-1
- ED2003-024(L2003:113) El Paso 11
- U.S. District Court: 419 F. Supp. 2d 1303
State Complaint Decisions
2003
- 2003:501 Adams 50
- 2003:503 Denver Public Schools
- 2003:504 Weld 6
- 2003:507 Logan Valley RE-1
- 2003:510 San Juan BOCS
- 2003:511 San Juan BOCS
- 2003:512 Adams 14J
- 2003:514 Jefferson County R-1
- 2003:515 Elizabeth C-1
- 2003:516 Elizabeth C-1
- 2003:522 Mountain BOCES
- 2003:524 Southeastern BOCES
- 2003:525 Mountain BOCES
Administrative Law Judge (appeals)
- ED2003-023 (S2003:514) Jefferson County
ALJ: Michelle A. Norcross
Due Process Decisions
2002
- L2002:104 Pikes Peak BOCES
- L2002:107 El Paso 20
- L2002:111 El Paso 20
- L2002:112 Pikes Peak BOCES
- L2002:128 El Paso 20
- ED2002-003(S2001:123) Thompson R2J
- ED2002-004(S2001:132) Denver
- ED2002-009(S2002:107) El Paso 20
- ED2002-011(S2002:112) Pikes Peak BOCES
- ED2002-013(S2002:114) Jefferson County R-1
State Complaint Decisions
2002
- 2002:501 Mountain BOCES
- 2002:502 Pueblo 70
- 2002:506 Thompson R2J
- 2002:508 Jefferson County R-1
- 2002:509 Adams/Arapahoe 28J
- 2002:512 Mountain BOCES
- 2002:514 Jefferson County R-1
- 2002:515 South Central BOCES
- 2002:516 Denver
- 2002:517 Adams/Arapahoe 28J
- 2002:519 Park R-3
- 2002:521 Mountain BOCES
- 2002:526 Pueblo 60
- 2002:527 Douglas County
- 2002:529 Denver
- 2002:530 St. Vrain
Due Process Decisions
2001
- L2001:102 El Paso 11
- L2001:123 Thompson R2J
- L2001:124 Douglas County
- L2001:126 Denver
- L2001:132 Denver
- ED2001-002(S2000:105) Division of Youth Corrections
- ED2001-006(S2000-127) Mountain BOCES
- ED2001-016(S2001:102) El Paso 11
- ED2001-020(S2001:126) Denver
State Complaint Decisions
2001
- 2001:504 Denver
- 2001:505 Rio Blanco BOCES
- 2001:506 Boulder Valley RE-2
- 2001:514 Arapahoe 5
- 2001:515 Denver
- 2001:516 El Paso 11
- 2001:517 Mountain BOCES
- 2001:518 San Luis Valley BOCES
- 2001:520 Adams/Arapahoe 28J
- 2001:521 Adams/Arapahoe 28J
- 2001:523 Montrose Re-1J
- 2001:523 Compensatory Educ. Order
- 2001:524 South Central BOCES
- 2001:525 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 2001:528 Denver
- 2001:530 El Paso 11
Administrative Law Judge (appeals) - The four decisions below are temporarily unavailble. Please check back later.
- ED2001-03 (S2000:545) Adams 50
ALJ: Judith F. Schulman - ED2001-08 (S2000:533) Jefferson County R-1
ALJ: Marshall A. Snider - ED2001-13 (S2001:521 Adams/Arapahoe 28J
ALJ: Matthew E. Norwood - ED2001-015 (S2001:523) Montrose RE-1J
ALJ: Judith F. Schulman
Due Process Decisions
2000
State Complaint Decisions
2000
- 2000:501 Arapahoe 5
- 2000:502 Northwest BOCES
- 2000:503 Adams/Arapahoe 28J
- 2000:504 Arapahoe 5
- 2000:505 Mountain BOCES
- 2000:511 Adams 50
- 2000:517 Jefferson County R-1
- 2000:523 Santa Fe Trail BOCES
- 2000:524 Arapahoe 5
- 2000:528 Pueblo 60
- 2000:529 Arapahoe 5
- 2000:530 Arapahoe 5
- 2000:531 Denver
- 2000:533 Jefferson County R-1
- 2000:534 Adams/Arapahoe 28J
- 2000:535 El Paso 11
- 2000:536 Weld 6
- 2000:537 Fort Lupton RE-8
- 2000:538 Fort Lupton RE-8
- 2000:540 Douglas RE-1
- 2000:542 Douglas RE-1
- 2000:544 Boulder Valley RE-2
- 2000:545 Adams 50
Administrative Law Judge (appeals) - The two decisions below are temporarily unavailble. Please check back later.
- ED2000-13 (S99:542) Jefferson County R-1
ALJ: Sunhee Juhon - ED2000-21 (S99:529) Arapahoe 1
ALJ: Sunhee Juhon
Due Process Decisions
1999
State Complaint Decisions
1999
- 99:508 Denver
- 99:509 Denver
- 99:518 Arapahoe 5
- 99:519 Division of Youth Corrections
- 99:520 Adams 1
- 99:525 Boulder Valley RE-2
- 99:527 El Paso 2
- 99:528 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 99:531 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 99:532 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 99:534 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 99:535 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 99:536 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 99:537 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 99:538 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 99:539 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 99:540 Denver
- 99:542 Jefferson County R-1
- 99:546 San Luis Valley BOCES
Due Process Decisions
1998
- L98:119 Douglas RE-1
- L98:120 Denver
- ED98-13 (S98:121) St. Vrain
- ED98-14 (S98:119) Douglas RE-1
State Complaint Decisions
1998
- 98:501 Douglas RE-1
- 98:502 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 98:503 Poudre R-1
- 98:504 Pueblo 70
- 98:507 Jefferson County R-1
- 98:508 Adams 14J
- 98:509 Mesa 51
- 98:510 Arapahoe 1
- 98:511 Denver
- 98:513 San Juan BOCS & Excelsior Youth Services
- 98:514 Mount Evans BOCES
- 98:515 Weld Re-4
- 98:516 Southwest BOCS
- 98:517 Arapahoe 5
- 98:519 Pikes Peak BOCES
- 98:520 South Platte Valley BOCES
- 98:521 Arapahoe 5
- 98:521 Appeal
- 98:525 Boulder Valley RE-2
- 98:526 Larimer R-1
- 98:527 Boulder Valley RE-2
- 98:528 Arapahoe 2
- 98:531 Denver
- 98:532 Poudre R-1
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