Apr 20, 2022 | by Special Education Solutions
G.D. v. Swampscott Public Schools, No. 20-2114, 2022 WL 522035, — F.4th —, 80 IDELR 149 (1st Cir. Feb. 7, 2022), involved an eleven-year old with learning disabilities including dyslexia, dysgraphia, and a phonological processing disorder. The student was...
Apr 20, 2022 | by Special Education Solutions
Capistrano Unified Sch. Dist. v. S.W., Nos. 20-55961, 20-55987, 2021 WL 6196698, 80 IDELR 63 (9th Cir. Dec. 30, 2021), is the unpublished counterpart to Capistrano Unified Sch. Dist. v. S.W., 21 F.4th 1125, 80 IDELR 31 (9th Cir. Dec. 30, 2021), the published opinion...
Apr 20, 2022 | by Special Education Solutions
J.T. v. District of Columbia, No. 20-7105, 2022 WL 126707, 80 IDELR 62 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 11, 2022) (unpublished), aff’ing 496 F. Supp. 3d 190, 77 IDELR 160 (D.D.C. 2020), is a case that concerned parental objections to the school (actually the choice of two schools)...
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...
