Special Education Law

For Some Families There's No Place Like Home: The IDEA...

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All fifty states have laws allowing parents to home school their children. Under the IDEA special education includes specially...

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In Thompson R2-J School District v Luke P., a case out of Colorado, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a district...

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Some students with disabilities attend private rather than public schools. There are three scenarios in which a student with...

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The parents’ right to obtain an independent educational evaluation (IEE) of their child is an important IDEA procedural...

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A functional behavior assessment, or FBA, is a tool to gather information about a student’s inappropriate or problem behavior...

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In 2006 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy that parents who...

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In a recent series of articles I covered resolving disputes under the IDEA through mediation, the resolution process, and...

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Summer is rapidly approaching. For most children summer means time off from school. But for some students with disabilities...

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As yet another way to resolve disputes before a due process hearing, the IDEA 2004 added a resolution process. Once a due...

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My posts this week and next week will cover the IDEA 2004 formal procedures for resolving disputes prior to a due process hearing...