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Deference to Administrative Decisions
S.B. v. New York City Department of Education, No. 15-CV-1869, 2017 WL 4326502, 70 IDELR 221 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 28, 2017), is a recent case that merits attention for its treatment of issues of deference to administrative decision makers, and evaluation and IEP...
Update: R.E.B. v. Hawaii Department of Education
In R.E.B. v. Hawaii Dep’t of Educ., No. 14-15895, 2017 WL 4018395, --- F.3d ----, 117 LRP 38439 (9th Cir. Sept. 13, 2017) (per curiam, before Kozinski, Hawkins, and Bea), the parent of a child with autism contested a proposed IEP that called for the child to make the...
What Fry Means to You
Of the two 2017 Supreme Court cases interpreting the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the importance of Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, 137 S. Ct. 988, 69 IDELR 116 (Mar. 22, 2017), to Impartial Hearing Officers and State Review Officers...
Applying Endrew F.
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, 137 S. Ct. 988, 69 IDELR 116 (Mar. 22, 2017) is old news by now. Decided on March 22, it overturned the Tenth Circuit’s “merely more than de minimis” standard for the educational benefit guaranteed by the Individuals...
Endrew F.: Preliminary Observations and Practical Considerations
I. DECISION SUMMARY In Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, No. 15-827, 2017 WL 1066260, 137 S. Ct. 988, 69 IDELR 174 (U.S. Mar. 22, 2017), the Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals that had applied a “merely more than...