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
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....
Feb 4, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
Avaras v. Clarkstown Central School District, No. 15 CV 9679 (S..D.N.Y.) concerns a child identified as N.A. with reading difficulties and other conditions. He was provided academic intervention services and Response to Intervention services in kindergarten, and...
Feb 27, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
The Supreme Court just denied certiorari in a case from last summer that has received considerable attention around the country. M.L. ex rel. Leiman v. Smith, 867 F.3d 487, 70 IDELR 142 (4th Cir. Aug. 14, 2017), cert. denied, 86 U.S.L.W. 3354, 86 U.S.L.W. 3356 (U.S....
Sep 30, 2017 | by Mark C. Weber
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, 137 S. Ct. 988, 69 IDELR 116 (Mar. 22, 2017) is old news by now. Decided on March 22, it overturned the Tenth Circuit’s “merely more than de minimis” standard for the educational benefit guaranteed by the Individuals...
