Mar 9, 2021 | by Special Education Solutions
Doe v. East Lyme Board of Education, 962 F.3d 649, 120 LRP 18693 (2d Cir. June 18, 2020) is the latest installment of a long-running litigation. The current decision was the appeal of a remand to the district court. The district court was to determine remedies for a...
Mar 9, 2021 | by Special Education Solutions
In D.S. v. Trumbull Board of Education, No. 19-644, 2020 WL 5552035, ___ F.3d ___, 77 IDELR 122 (2d Cir. Sept. 17, 2020), the court, by its own description, addressed two issues of first impression: “[W]hether an FBA is an ‘evaluation’ that triggers a parent’s right...
Mar 9, 2021 | by Special Education Solutions
C.P. v. Clifton Board of Education, Civ. No. 19-8469, 2020 WL 4530031, 77 IDELR 46 (D.N.J. Aug. 6, 2020), concerned what the court described as two independent educational evaluations of a child classified as “other health impaired.” The total charge was $5200, which...
Mar 9, 2021 | by Special Education Solutions
Melendez v. New York City Department of Education., Nos. 19 Civ. 2928, et al., 2020 WL 4273907, 77 IDELR 8 (S.D.N.Y. July 24, 2020), is a follow-up to Ventura de Paulino v. New York City Department of Education, No. 19 Civ. 1662, 959 F.3d 519 (2d Cir. 2020). In...
Mar 9, 2021 | by Special Education Solutions
In K.M. v. Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District, No. 19 CIV. 9671, 2020 WL 4038354, 120 LRP 21465 (S.D.N.Y. July 17, 2020), Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy denied the parents’ motion to supplement the record in the appeal of a State Review Officer decision...
Jul 20, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
In Donohue v. Lloyd, No. 18-CV-9712 (JPO), 2020 WL 2834207, 120 LRP 17087 (S.D.N.Y. June 1, 2020), Judge Oetken dismissed a parent’s case against an impartial hearing officer, the City of New York, New York State, the Board of Regents, and the New York State Education...
