Disability Law

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

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

Senator Harkin Introduces Keeping All Students Safe Act

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

OCR Rules School District Violated 504 by Isolating Special...

Ability Law Blog Post
The Office for Civil Rights found  that a Tennessee school district violated Section 504 when it placed 14 middle schoolers with...

OSEP Spanish Glossary Now Available

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

U.S. Department of Education Issues Part C Regulations

Ability Law Blog Post
     Today, the Department of Education (the Department) issued the final regulations for the early intervention program under...

U.S. District Court Affirms Validity of IDEA Regulations...

Ability Law Blog Post
In Phillip and Angie C. v. Jefferson County Board of Education , 111 LRP 55718 (N.D. Ala. Aug 17, 2011), the U.S. District Court...

High School Student's Lack of Effort/Negative Attitude...

Ability Law Blog Post
In Ms. H v. Montgomery County Board of Education, 56 IDELR 268 (May 12,2011) a  U.S. District Court in Alabama ruled that the...

Father's Girlfriend Did Not Have Authority to Cancel...

Ability Law Blog Post
     Some cases have more interesting facts than others. In Chicago (IL) Public Schools, 56 IDELR 54 (OCR July 2, 2010), the...

The Everyday Guide and Preventing Litigation in Special...

Ability Law Blog Post
     I am proud to announce that my book The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law and the Preventing Litigation in Special...

Placing Student on Homebound for Most of His Senior Year...

Ability Law Blog Post
     In Logan County(WV) School, 55 IDELR 297 (OCR 2010), the Office for Civil Rights found that the school district violated...

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