This document provides, in chronological order by basic topic (such as identification, FAPE, LRE, and remedies), the citations and descriptors for the major court rulings under the IDEA and, as a final corresponding category, under Section 504. It covers the 25 years from 1998 to December 31, 2022. The selection is largely limited to the court… Continue reading National Compilation of Case Law 1998 to the Present Under the IDEA and Section 504/ADA
Category: Special Supplement
COVID-19 Guidance and Case Law: Fall Update
November 10, 2021 Now that most schools have resumed full in-person instruction, the frequency and outcomes of COVID-19 legal issues are becoming clearer. This latest summary provides an update since this past summer’s Special Supplement 9. As explained below, the expected surge in the number and complexity of cases has not surfaced. State complaint decisions… Continue reading COVID-19 Guidance and Case Law: Fall Update
COVID-19 Guidance and Case Law: Summer Update
July 13, 2021 With many schools having resumed full in-person instruction by this past spring semester or planning for it for the start of the new school year, the frequency and outcomes of pandemic-related legal issues are becoming clearer. The courts are slow in reaching definitive results, but the administrative level of state complaint and… Continue reading COVID-19 Guidance and Case Law: Summer Update
Legal Decisions for Special Education COVID-19 Issues: Emerging Answers
This article provides, in a user-friendly form, a current snapshot of the IDEA's leading issues and emerging answers arising under the pandemic. It is being shared here with the permission of the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE). Download the article and read more.
COVID-19 Guidance and Case Law: Winter Update
February 17, 2021 With re-openings increasing across the country on at least a hybrid basis and vaccinations gradually extending to teachers at least in some districts, the outlines of the nature and extent of the FAPE obligation, including the remedies for its denial, are increasingly emerging in recent legal activity specific to students with disabilities.… Continue reading COVID-19 Guidance and Case Law: Winter Update
Perry A. Zirkel 