Dec 15, 2017 | by Special Education Solutions
On October 10, 2017, the Second Circuit summarily affirmed NB v. New York City Department of Education, No. 15 Civ. 4948, 2016 WL 5816925, 68 IDELR 228 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 2017), aff’d sub nom. N.B. v. New York City Department of Education, No. 16-3652-cv, 2017 WL...
Dec 8, 2017 | by Special Education Solutions
A recent federal case of interest is W.M. ex rel. V.M. v. Board of Education of the Harrison Central School District, No. 16-CV-8732, 2017 WL 5157768, 117 LRP 46513 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 6, 2017). The student, identified as V., who was born in 2002 and spent his first years...
Dec 1, 2017 | by Special Education Solutions
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...
May 2, 2017 | by Special Education Solutions
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...
