Jul 14, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
State-level review decisions in due process cases, though they lack binding force outside the cases themselves, often have instructive value for Impartial Hearing Officers. That is the case with Decision No. 190028, (SRO No. 20-080), N.Y.S. Educ. Dep’t State Review...
Feb 20, 2020 | by Special Education Solutions
In R.H. v. Board of Education Saugerties Central School District, 776 F. App’x 719, 74 IDELR 221 (2d Cir. July 2, 2019), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals continued its pattern of denying tuition reimbursement for unilateral parental placements when there is not a...
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 23, 2019 | by Special Education Solutions
A.S. v. Board of Education of Shenendohowa Central School District, No. 1:17-CV-0501, 2019 WL 719833, 73 IDELR 260 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 20, 2019), bears special interest for impartial hearing officers regarding tuition reimbursement. The case involved a seven year old boy...
