Oct 23, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
IDEA provides that in some circumstances a child with a disability who violates school rules can be placed in an interim alternative educational setting for a specified period of time. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(k)(1), (2)(G), (3)(B), (4)(A). The issue of when an interim...
Sep 25, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
An instructive recent case on decisions about sufficiency of due process complaints is I.K. v. Montclair Board of Education, No. CV 16–9152, 2018 WL 2441761, 72 IDELR 101 (D.N.J. May 31, 2018) (unpublished). The court denied both a motion for summary judgment for the...
Sep 25, 2018 | by Special Education Solutions
A recent case of interest is Burke v. Hillsborough County School Board, No. 8:17–CV–993–T–33JSS, 2018 WL 1139064, 71 IDELR 187 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 2, 2018), appeal filed, No. 18-11257 (11th Cir. Mar. 29, 2018). The case involved a gifted third grader with autism who was...