May 29, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
The coronavirus pandemic is having an impact on education for students with disabilities, and thus it is likely to soon have an impact on the professional activities of impartial hearing officers. This post compiles some COVID-related guidance documents that may be of...
Feb 20, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
L.B. v. Kyrene Elementary Dist. No. 28, No. CV-17-03316-PHX-SMB, 2019 WL 4187515, 75 IDELR 44 (D. Ariz. Sept. 4, 2019), appeal filed, No. 19-16971 (9th Cir. Oct. 4, 2019), takes up issues about due process complaint pleading, as well as the duty to evaluate students...
Feb 20, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
In R.H. v. Board of Education Saugerties Central School District, 776 F. App’x 719, 74 IDELR 221 (2d Cir. July 2, 2019), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals continued its pattern of denying tuition reimbursement for unilateral parental placements when there is not a...
Feb 20, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
Among the issues that hearing officers find most challenging are how to apply the free, appropriate public education standard of Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. RE-1, 137 S. Ct. 988 (2017), how to apply the standard in cases involving post-secondary...
Feb 20, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
On-line education is a modern reality, and impartial hearing officers may want to know how courts have handled cases in which parents contend that an online educational institution or program has failed in the obligation to afford free, appropriate public education to...
Feb 20, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
Perkiomen Valley School District. v. S.D., No. CV 18-2093, 2019 WL 4675001, — F. Supp. 3d —-, 75 IDELR 67 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 24, 2019), appeal filed, No. 19-3410 (3d Cir. Oct. 18, 2019), is noteworthy as an example of a reviewing court’s careful examination...
