Apr 6, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
A few months ago, we wrote about 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). It’s back. Background first. In R.E.B., the parent of a child...
Feb 27, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights issued a determination in August concerning disability accommodations for an advocate at a Committee on Special Education annual IEP review meeting. In Smithtown, N.Y. Central School District, 117 LRP 46371 (OCR...
Feb 27, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
The Supreme Court just denied certiorari in a case from last summer that has received considerable attention around the country. M.L. ex rel. Leiman v. Smith, 867 F.3d 487, 70 IDELR 142 (4th Cir. Aug. 14, 2017), cert. denied, 86 U.S.L.W. 3354, 86 U.S.L.W. 3356 (U.S....
Feb 27, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
On January 16, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education rejected New York’s application for a waiver of sections 1111(b)(1)(B) and (b)(2)(B)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), 20 U.S.C. §...
Jan 4, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
Board of Educ. of Wappingers Cent. Sch. Dist. v. M.N., No. 16-CV-09448(TPG), 2017 WL 4641219, 71 IDELR 9 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 13, 2017), appeal filed, No. 17-3707 (2d Cir. Nov. 14, 2017), is a recent case of interest with regard to the IDEA child-find requirement, the...
Dec 22, 2017 | by Special Education Solutions
Free, appropriate public education, behavioral interventions and supports, placement On December 7, 2017, the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) released a document entitled Questions and Answers (Q&A) on...
