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...
May 2, 2017 | by Special Education Solutions
I. DECISION SUMMARY In Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, No. 15-827, 2017 WL 1066260, 137 S. Ct. 988, 69 IDELR 174 (U.S. Mar. 22, 2017), the Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals that had applied a “merely more than...
