Feb 4, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
Board of Education of the North Rockland Central School District v. C.M., 744 F. App’x 7, 72 IDELR 172 (2nd Cir. 2018), is a noteworthy case despite the fact that it is nonprecedential. The case involved a unilateral residential placement undertaken by the parents of...
Feb 4, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
In Wehrspann v. Dubuque Community School District, No. 15-CV-1029-LRR, 118 LRP 33775 (N.D. Iowa July 27, 2018) (magistrate judge report and recommendation), adopted, 2018 WL 3865379, 72 IDELR 212 (Aug. 14, 2018), the magistrate judge recommended that the district...
Feb 4, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
The litigation on the West Coast concerning the Anchorage school district may contain an important lesson for impartial hearing officers. In Anchorage Sch. Dist., v. M.G., No. 3:17-cv-00157-SLG, 2018 WL 1041535, 71 IDELR 192 (D. Alaska Feb. 23, 2018), the court...
Feb 4, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
A recent case of interest, Forest Grove School District v. Student, No. 3:14-CV-00444-AC, 2018 WL 6198281, 118 LRP 48402 (D. Or. Nov. 27, 2018), covered a wide range of issues. Of particular interest was the court’s ruling that limitations the district had imposed on...
Feb 4, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
Avaras v. Clarkstown Central School District, No. 15 CV 9679 (S..D.N.Y.) concerns a child identified as N.A. with reading difficulties and other conditions. He was provided academic intervention services and Response to Intervention services in kindergarten, and...
Feb 4, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
A case that came out at the end of last summer, J.L. v. New York City Department of Education, 324 F. Supp. 3d 455, 72 IDELR 237 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 28, 2018), should be of interest to New York impartial hearing officers, even though the case did not originate through a...
