children with disabilities
Charter School should have acted proactively to evaluate...
Ability Law Blog Post
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that a Charter School in Colorado should have noticed when a student with...
Parents Right to Participate in IEP Meeting Trumps Annual...
Ability Law Blog Post
A child’s individualized educational program (IEP) must be reviewed annually. It is good that the IDEA requires at least an...
Justice Department Determines Private School Voucher...
Ability Law Blog Post
Last week the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a letter to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)...
School District Erroneously Requires Parent to Provide...
Ability Law Blog Post
In South Monterey County (CA) Joint Union High School District 112 LRP 28705 (OCR 2012), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...
In Reviewing MDR Decisions, Hearing Officers May Consider...
Ability Law Blog Post
Students with disabilities, like all students, may be disciplined for violating the school's code of conduct.
Change in Location Can Be A Change in Placement
Ability Law Blog Post
Some school districts and their counsel assert that, under the IDEA, a change in location of service delivery is not a...
18 Days of Early Dismissals Constitute a Pattern Requiring...
Ability Law Blog Post
In South Bronx (NY) Classical Charter School, 59 IDELR 231 (OCR 2012) the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that the...
Office for Civil Rights Issues Guidance on Extracurricular...
Ability Law Blog Post
Last Friday, January 25, 2013, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a formal guidance to clarify the 504 responsibility of...
