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Recent OCR School Service Animal Cases

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     This post will provide a summary overview of several recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolutions involving students...

Recent OCR School Service Animal Resolutions

Ability Law Blog Post
     This post will provide a summary overview of several recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolutions involving students...

OCR Service Animal Resolutions

Ability Law Blog Post
This post will provide a summary overview of several recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolutions involving students with...

Choosing home

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Choosing home They’re disabled, not retired or waning, but they’re being warehoused in nursing homes Tessa Cheek September 12,...

Charter school violated IDEA by dis-enrolling student...

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In an unpublished opinion the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a charter school violated the stay put provisions of the...

Parents Right to Participate in IEP Meeting Trumps Annual...

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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...

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     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...

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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...

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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

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     Some school districts and their counsel assert that, under the IDEA, a change in location of service delivery is not a...

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