ShareDuring 2013, the State Department of Education handled approximately 239 requests for due process hearings to resolve issues with student special education programs. Of those requests, only a small minority were resolved by a decision of a hearing officer after a full hearing on the merits, available online at: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2626&q=320712.
The 2013 decisions are summarized as follows:
| Case # | District | Issue | Date ofdecision | Disability/Grade | Time to decision | Hearing Officer | Prevail.party |
| 13-055 | Greenwich | Eligibility, unilateral placement | 01-03-13 | LD/2nd gr. | 5 mos. | Spain | Parent |
| 13-199 | Middletown | Evaluation/diagnostic placement | 01-03-13 | ?/ K | 2 mos. | Spain | Board |
| 13-162 | Southington | Program, manifestation | 05-23-13 | ED, OHI-ADD/ADHD 12th gr. | 7.7 mos. | Bird | Board |
| 13-455 | Southington | Manifestation determination | 06-14-13 | OHI-ADHD 12th gr. | 1.5 mos. | Fitton | Board |
| 13-30013-341 | Ridgefield | FAPE for 2 years, evaluation and identification | 06-24-13 | OHI/ gr.11 | 6 mos. | Jerman | Board/Parent |
| 13-426 | Hartford | Program, compensatory education | 07-03-13 | LD/? | 2.5 mos. | Rosado | Board |
| 13-454 | Shelton | Evaluations, independent | 08-05-13 | Not identified/ high sch. | 3 mos. | Bird | Board |
| 13-407 | New Haven | Program, unilateral placement | 08-22-13 | multiple | 4.3 mos. | Rosado | Board |
| 14-087 | Region 13 | Violation settlement agreement and confidentiality clause | 10-01-13 | ED/ high school | 2 mos. | Ho | Board |
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