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Monthly Legal Update

April 2025 Legal Update

March 26, 2025January 31, 2026 pzirkel

This month’s update identifies two recent court decisions that cumulatively illustrate limits in IDEA cases, including the scope of the complaint and the statute of limitations, as applied to the substantive appropriateness of high-stakes IEPs. Download the update and read more.

Tagged FAPE, IDEA statute of limitations, stay-put, tuition reimbursement
Monthly Legal Update

March 2025 Legal Update

March 1, 2025March 3, 2025 pzirkel

This month’s update provides (a) quick summaries of current legal developments under the IDEA and Section 504, and, on the next page (b) a recent court decision specific to “504-only” students (i.e., those not also covered by the IDEA.) Download the update and read more.

Tagged 504 plans, 504-only students, ADA retaliation, dyslexia, Section 504
Monthly Legal Update

February 2025 Legal Update

January 31, 2025February 3, 2025 pzirkel

This month’s update identifies two recent court decisions that respectively address (a) the overlapping complexities of Section 504 in the school context, and (b) the evolving dimensions of FAPE. Download the update and read more.

Tagged compensatory education, failure to implement (FTI), FAPE, Section 504
Monthly Legal Update

January 2025 Legal Update

January 1, 2025January 6, 2025 pzirkel

This month’s update identifies two recent court decisions that respectively revisit (a) the IDEA’s oft-overlooked state complaint process and (b) Section 504/ADA in relation to a child with misophonia. Download the update and read more.

Tagged 504 plans, COVID 19, IDEA parental rights, parent advocacy, Section 504, state complaints
Monthly Legal Update

December 2024 Legal Update

December 3, 2024 pzirkel

This month’s update identifies two recent court decisions that respectively revisit the issues of identification (child find and eligibility) and FAPE (procedural and substantive) in varying fact patterns.    Download the update and read more.

Tagged child find, FAPE, IDEA eligibility, tuition reimbursement

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