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Epstein Becker & Green

Cleaning the Cupboard—Six More Decisions in One Day, and a Largely Harmonious Court - SCOTUS Today

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As the end of the term seems to be rushing towards us, the U.S. Supreme Court issued six more opinions yesterday, mostly unanimous or near unanimous....more

Marshall Dennehey

Ohio Law Does Not Conflict with the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act

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The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) oversees Ohio’s implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), a federal law that entitles children with disabilities to a free appropriate...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

New Special Education Laws

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Part 2: California Laws Impacting Schools and School Districts for 2020 - Last year brought many changes to the legal landscape affecting educators. In this Best Best & Krieger LLP Legal Alert series, we look at some of...more

Brooks Pierce

Student’s Poor Motivation May Be Fatal To An IDEA Claim Premised On A School District’s Procedural Violation

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School districts have an additional defense in their arsenal when faced with an alleged procedural violation of the IDEA: the student’s own poor motivation. The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, whose...more

Fisher Phillips

SCOTUS Service Dog Decision Could Spell Bad News For Schools

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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that a disabled child’s parents were not legally required to jump through certain additional hoops and exhaust administrative remedies in a service animal dispute...more

Franczek P.C.

Parents Can Litigate IDEA Claims When Adult Students Have Delegated Education Rights

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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, recently held that even where a disabled student has reached the age of majority under state law, his parents may litigate...more

Franczek P.C.

NSBA to OCR: Standard for Addressing Requests for Technology by Students With a Communication Impairment is Off Key

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Readers of our FR Alerts may remember my colleague Kendra B. Yoch authored an Alert in 2013 about a set of outlier cases in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, K.M. v. Tustin Unified School District and D.H. v. Poway Unified...more

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