Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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
Ability Law Blog Post
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...
Ability Law Blog Post
In an unpublished opinion the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a charter school violated the stay put provisions of the...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...
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...
