This month's alert provides the following additions to your legal currency: A new Second Circuit decision holds that eligibility under the IDEA does not necessarily mean eligibility under Section 504 and its sister statute, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Supreme Court agrees to decide two special education cases, with one (Endrew F.) being centrally… Continue reading October 2016 Legal Update
Tag: ESSA (including predecessor, NCLB)
September Legal Update
As a new feature, my site will periodically highlight major new legal developments. This first one (PDF linked below) addresses these three significant additions to your legal currency: new ADA regulations that expand eligibility for 504 plans a Ninth Circuit decision that raises IDEA eligibility issues for proactive practices in general education, such as RTI one… Continue reading September Legal Update