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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...

Homebound Student May Use 504 and the ADA to Challenge...

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 In Mowry v. Logan County Board of Education, 58 IDELR 192 (S.D. W. Va. 2012), a West Virginia high school student who was placed...

District Discriminated Against Student by Failing to Follow...

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Parents frequently ask which is better enforced: An IEP or a 504 Plan? While the 504 regulations do not specify the detail...

US Department of Education Outlines 15 Principles Regarding...

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Today, the US Department of Education published the Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document to "help  ensure that schools are...

Justice Department Settles Complaints with Health Care...

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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) announced last Friday that it has settled two complaints involving claims that health care...

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...

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