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...
Feb 20, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
It is unusual for this Blog to feature a case on attorneys’ fees. After all, Impartial Hearing Officers do not award fees; courts do. But a recent fees case, D.B. v. New York City Department of Education, No. 18 CIV. 7898, 2019 WL 4565128, 75 IDELR 73 (S.D.N.Y. Sept....
