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....
Feb 20, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
Sequels to the Supreme Court’s decision in Endrew F. ex rel. Joseph F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, 137 S. Ct. 988 (2017), continue to appear. One recent case from New York, AR v. Katonah Lewisboro Union Free School District, No. 18-CV-9938, 2019 WL...
Oct 25, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
Spring Branch Independent School District v. O.W., No. 18-20274, 2019 WL 4401142, — F.3d —-, 75 IDELR 29 (5th Cir. Sept. 16, 2019), offers impartial hearing officers an analysis of the problems that may arise when a student has severe behavioral...
Oct 25, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
The substantive adequacy of individual education programs continues to be a controversial topic two years after the Supreme Court rendered its decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, 137 S. Ct. 988, 69 IDELR 174 (Mar. 22, 2017). A recent case on...
Oct 25, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
Lisa M. v. Leander Independent School District, 924 F.3d 205, 74 IDELR 124 (5th Cir. May 15, 2019), is a somewhat unusual case concerning eligibility under the IDEA that nevertheless may be instructive in the eligibility disputes that impartial hearing officers...
Oct 25, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
Albright v. Mountain Home School District, 926 F.3d 942, 74 IDELR 187 (8th Cir. June 12, 2019), is one of a number of recent court of appeals cases grappling with how to interpret the free, appropriate public education (FAPE) term of the IDEA in light of Endrew F. v....
