Opinion ID: 2659363
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Heading: Reimbursement for Transportation Expenses

Text: Because we find, under the circumstances of this case, that OLA was an appropriate placement, S.L. is also entitled to transportation reimbursement in the amount of $2,693.21, a sum based on “the total mileage driven from [S.L.’s] home to OLA and the IRS mileage rate.” The “language and spirit of the IDEA encompass reimbursement for reasonable transportation . . . expenses . . . as [a] related service[].” Union Sch. Dist. v. Smith, 15 F.3d 1519, 1528 (9th Cir. 1994). The best evidence available establishes that transportation to and from OLA was “required to assist” S.L. “to benefit from special education,” 20 U.S.C. § 1401(26)(A), particularly because there was no clear indication that the privatelyfunded aides would have been accommodated in the public school.