Due Process Hearing Officer Orders Private College Prep School Placement for Student
Parents and Student Prevail in Rare Virginia Decision
February 29, 2024, two Virginia parents and their student prevailed in a due process hearing against Prince William County Public Schools (PWCPS).
When Hearing Officer Rhonda Mitchell found a private college preparatory school to be the appropriate placement for the student, and ordered PWCPS to pay for the student's tuition, the word unprecedented came …