Jun 5, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
Spring Branch Independent School District v. O.W., No. 4:16-CV-2643, 72 IDELR 11 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 29, 2018), merits the attention of impartial hearing officers. The court affirmed the decision of the due process hearing officer against the school district in a case...
Jun 5, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
A newsworthy State review officer (SRO) decision concerning finality and correction of IHO decisions, and how that topic affects timeliness of appeals to the SRO, is New York City Department of Education, No. 17-021, 117 LRP 25324 (NY SRO May 22, 2017). The lengthy...
Jun 1, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
Residency disputes arise with remarkable frequency in the practice of special education law. In A.P. ex rel. E.F. v. Lower Merion School District, No. 16–5925, 2018 WL 1100908, ___ F. Supp. 3d ___, 71 IDELR 188 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 1, 2018), Judge Savage ruled that when a...
Apr 10, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
The New York State Education Department is canvasing for Special Education Impartial Hearing Officer candidates. An impartial hearing officer presides over a due process case requested by either a parent or school district on matters relating to the identification,...
Apr 6, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
A few months ago, we wrote about R.E.B. v. Hawaii Dep’t of Educ., No. 14-15895, 2017 WL 4018395, — F.3d —-, 117 LRP 38439 (9th Cir. Sept. 13, 2017) (per curiam, before Kozinski, Hawkins, and Bea). It’s back. Background first. In R.E.B., the parent of a child...
Feb 27, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights issued a determination in August concerning disability accommodations for an advocate at a Committee on Special Education annual IEP review meeting. In Smithtown, N.Y. Central School District, 117 LRP 46371 (OCR...
