Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Manifestation Determination (MD) Review is Not a Hearing...

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 A pet peeve of mine is the common misperception that the manifestation determination review process is a "hearing." The IDEA...

Teacher's Long-term abuse denied student FAPE...

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In Fulton County School District, 112 LRP 1885 (SEA GA 02/01/12) an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)ruled that a Georgia school...

Texas School District Required to Provide Bus Monitors with...

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 A state hearing officer ruled in Corpus Christi Independent School District, 57 IDELR 297 (Tex. SEA 2011) that the school...

OSEP Letter Reinforces that Services are Based on Student...

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As we know, special education services for children with disabilities are provided to meet the individual needs of the particular...

Florida Department of Education Required to Pay for...

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In Seminole County (FL) School District, 58 IDELR 113 (OCR 2011), the parents of a 5th grade student with cerebral palsy and a...

Colorado District's Failure to Evaluate Student While...

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In Harrison (CO) School District Two, 57 IDELR 295 (OCR 2011),  the Office for Civil Rights determined that implementing RTI...

OSEP Letter says school districts may set timelines for...

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In Letter to Addressee 111 LRP 68370 (OSEP 2011), the Office of Special Education Programs has stated that school districts, as...

Illinois School District Should Have Addressed Student...

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 In City of Chicago School District 299, 57 IDELR 29, (SEA  Il 2011) an 8th Grade boy  with specific learning disabilities...

Senator Harkin Introduces Keeping All Students Safe Act

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     Last Friday December 16 2011, Senator Tom Harkin (D. Iowa) introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act . Similar...

OSEP Spanish Glossary Now Available

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The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has published a Spanish Glossary with over 250 IDEA related terms in Spanish. The...

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