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The Office for Civil Rights determined that the fact that a student with cognitive disabilities never actually filed a written complaint against schoolmates who regularly called him "retard", "stupid", and "moron" did not excuse the district's failure to investigate those incidents as violation
Since the Response to Intervention (RTI) process was referred to in the IDEA regulations as a means of identifying a student as having a specific learning disability, there has been confusion whether school districts can require students to
In Mr. and Mrs. A v.
In Springfield School District #186, 55 IDELR 206 (OCR June 29, 2010), the Office for Civil Rights determined that a school district violated Section 504 when it expelled a 7th Grader with ADHD without conducting a manifestation determination.
On March 17, 2011 the IDEA Fairness Restoration Act was introduced in the Senate (S. 613) by Senators Harkin, Mikulski, and Sanders and in the House (H.R.
I am often asked whether a student who has disabilities but is making good grades can be eligible for services under Section 504.
In Logan County(WV) School, 55 IDELR 297 (OCR 2010), the Office for Civil Rights found that the school district violated Section 504 when it placed a student with disabilities on homebound instruction most of his senior year of high school.
Last Friday the Office for Civil Rights and the Justice Department jointly issued a "Dear Colleague" letter to school administrators clarifying that student enrollment practices that chill or discourage t
I am proud to announce that my book The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law and the Preventing Litigation in Special Education Workbook, by Dr.