Apr 23, 2023 | by Special Education Solutions
VW v. New York City Department of Education, No. 21 CIV. 6317, 2022 WL 3448096, 81 IDELR 194 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 17, 2022), is a significant case concerning remedies for denial of free, appropriate public education. It involved a 16-year-old student who was diagnosed with...
Apr 23, 2023 | by Special Education Solutions
L.C. v. Arlington County School Board, No. 1:20-cv-1177, 2022 WL 1469394, 81 IDELR 65 (E.D. Va. June 24, 2022), addresses issues of free, appropriate public education and least restrictive environment in the case of a middle-schooler identified as having learning...
Apr 23, 2023 | by Special Education Solutions
V.A. v. City of New York, No. 20-CV-0989(EK)(RML), 2022 WL 1469394, 81 IDELR 46 (E.D.N.Y. May 10, 2022), addresses issues of notice of placement as well as appropriate education. Accordingly, it may be of guidance to impartial hearing officers. The parent sought...
Apr 23, 2023 | by Special Education Solutions
In S.H. v. Issaquah School District, No. 2:21-CV-00137-DGE, 2022 WL 279139, 80 IDELR 134 (W.D. Wash. Jan. 31, 2022), the district court issued a ruling that may be instructive for impartial hearing officers as to the application of statutes of limitations, notice...
Apr 19, 2023 | by Special Education Solutions
K.K. v. William S. Hart Union High School District, No. CV 22-2398, 2022 WL 2162016, 80 IDELR 271 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 20, 2022), is a recent case of interest concerning the application of the maintenance of placement (“stay-put”) rule, 20 U.S.C. § 1515(j). The case...
Apr 19, 2023 | by Special Education Solutions
Killoran v. Westhampton Beach School District, No. 20-CV-4763(JS)(SIL), 2022 WL 954851, 122 LRP 11347 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 30, 2022), is a decision in one of a number of cases that parents filed pro se concerning the education of their son who has Down Syndrome. The...
