UNI TED STATES DI STRI CT COURT FOR THE DI STRI CT OF COLUMBIA NI KI TA PETTI ES, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 95-0148 ( PL F) ) THE DI STRI CT OF COLUMBIA, et al. , ) ) Def endants. ) ____________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPI

NI ON AND ORDER This matter is befor e the Court on a Joint Mot ion to vacate the pay ment order s listed below relating to pay ments to private provide rs of spec ial education and rela ted servic es. The pa rties have reque sted that the Court vac ate these service pay ment order s in order to e nable the District to implement its final rules g overning the vendor pay ment and dispute proc ess re lated to special e ducation ser

vices pa id for by

the District of Columbia. After car eful re view of the Motion and in recog nition of publication of final rules g overning the pay ment and dispute proce ss on J une 22, 2012, the pa rties’ re prese ntations that the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hea

ring s is ready , willing and a ble to beg in administering by November

1, 2012, the vendor

pay ment disputes consistent with these rules, a nd the re cord a

pplicable to this motion, it is ORDERED that the J oint Moti on of the Parties is GRANTE D; it is

FURTHE R ORDERED that the following pay ment order s shall be vac ated a s of November

1, 2012, such that re solution of these disputes shall gove rned by the re g ulations issued by the Off ice of the State Superintende nt of Education:1. Orde r Modifying Pay ment Schedule f

or May throug h Aug ust 1996 and I mplementing a

n Automated Pay

ment Sy stem, Marc h 27, 1996 (Doc . 182) 2. Orde r Modifying Automated Pay ment Sy stem, Aug ust 28, 1996 (Doc. 252) 3. Orde r Supplementing Aug ust 28, 1996 “Orde r Modify ing Automated Pay

ment Sy stem”, Aug ust 25, 1997 (Doc. 395) 4. Orde r Supplementing Aug ust 25, 1997 Order Modify ing Automated Pay ment Sy stem (Setting Pay

ment Schedule f

or 1998-99 School Ye ar a nd Summer 1999), September 1, 1998 ( Doc. 473) 5. Orde r Supplementing September 1, 1998 O rder Modify ing Automated Pay ment Sy stem (Setting Pay

ment Schedule f

or 1999-2000 School Ye ar a nd Summer 2000), September

24, 1999 (Doc . 648) 6. Orde r Supplementing September 24, 1999 O rder Modify ing A

utomated Pay ment Sy stem (Setting Pay ment Schedule f

or 2000-2001 School Ye ar a nd Summer 2001), Octobe r 17, 2000 (Doc . 754) 7. Orde r Supplementing October 17, 2000 Orde r Modifying Automated Pay ment Sy stem (Setting Pay

ment Schedule f

or 2001-02 School Ye ar a nd Summer 2002), Aug ust 2, 2001 (Doc. 821) 8. Orde r Supplementing Aug ust 2, 2001 Order Modify ing Automated Pay ment Sy stem (Setting Pay

ment Schedule f

or September

2002), September

5, 2002 (Doc . 951) 9. Orde r Modifying a

nd Supplementing August 25, 1997 Order Reg arding Pay ment Sy stem (Setting Pay ment Schedule f

or 2002-03 School Ye ar a nd Summer 2003), Octobe r 11, 2002 (Doc . 970) 10. Orde r Extending the Pay ment Orde r of Oc tober 11, 2002, Aug ust 25, 2003 (Doc . 1139) 11. Orde r Reg arding Pay

ment for Ser

vices to Class Members, N ovember 8, 2004 (Doc . 1241) 12. Orde r Reg arding Pay

ment for Ser

vices to Class Members, A ug ust 5, 2009 (Doc . 1676); and it is

FURTHE R ORDERED that the Special Ma ster and ( to the extent necessar y ) the 2Court shall retain author ity to addre ss resolution of the followingdisputes: 1. I nterdy namics, I nc. 2. Diag nostic Consult ants, L L C 3. Prog ressus The rapy , L L C 4. Steppingstones Ma

nag ement Servic es, L L C 5. J oy ce T homas Children’s Service s, L L C 6. Eliz abeth Me sser Sims Chi ldren’s Ser vices, L L C 7. J ust-A-Mite, I nc. 8. I ndepende nce a

nd Depe ndence , L L C 9. Seeds of Tomorr ow, I nc. 10. Ms. Vivian Cavalieri This Order

shall not be construe d to modify , repla ce or superse de any

prior orde r of the Court in this matter, or any

portion thereof

, except as spec ifically

set forth he rein. SO ORDERED.

/s/_______________________ DATE: Oc tober 4, 2012 PAULL . FRI EDMAN United States District Court

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