Opinion ID: 1361921
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Remedy for Deficiencies in the 2004-2005 IEP

Text: P. also argues on appeal that the compensatory-education remedy mandated by the hearing officer for deficiencies in the 2004-2005 IEP was insufficient. Those deficiencies, which the Board did not contest in the district court, were that the school district had not properly addressed P.'s behavioral problems and had failed to give sufficient consideration to mainstreaming the student for more than 60% of the time. In response to the inadequacies of that IEP, the hearing officer ordered that the school hire a professional consultant on issues of inclusion, and that that consultant participate in the completion of an FBA. P. argues that the remedy was illusory because the school had already hired an inclusion consultant, Dr. Majure. We affirm the remedy awarded by the hearing officer. The IDEA allows a hearing officer to fashion an appropriate remedy, and we have held compensatory education is an available option under the Act to make up for denial of a free and appropriate public education. Mrs. C. v. Wheaton, 916 F.2d 69, 75-76 (2d Cir.1990); see also Reid v. District of Columbia, 401 F.3d 516, 518 (D.C.Cir.2005). The remedy's mandates in this casethat an inclusion consultant be retained for a year, requiring the school to keep Dr. Majure on for at least that long, and completion of an FBAappropriately addressed the problems with the IEP, especially when considered in light of the fact that P. is now included in at least 80% of regular-classroom activities, in part due to Dr. Majure's recommendations. See Parents of Student W. v. Puyallup Sch. Dist., 31 F.3d 1489, 1497 (9th Cir.1994) (Appropriate relief is relief designed to ensure that the student is appropriately educated within the meaning of the IDEA.). We therefore see no infirmity in the hearing officer's chosen remedy.