This month’s update identifies two recent court decisions that illustrate the challenges of determining and remedying denial-of-FAPE claims for students with complex and severe behavioral issues. Download the update and read more.
Tag: FAPE-LRE
September 2020 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies recent court decisions that illustrate the significance, in some cases, of the parties’ course of conduct as perceived by the court. This judicial balancing of reasonableness and good faith, referred to as the “equities,” is not limited to the remedies, such as tuition reimbursement. It also extends with less frequent prominence… Continue reading September 2020 Legal Update
June 2019 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies two new federal appeals court decisions focusing on the substantive dimension of FAPE, with secondary attention to interrelated requirements, such as LRE and transition services. Click here to download the update and read more.
May 2019 Legal Update
This month’s update concerns issues that were subject to recent relevant court decisions and are of general significance: (a) the emerging fourth dimension of FAPE—capability to implement the IEP, and (b) the overlapping issues of the procedural and substantive dimensions of FAPE with LRE. Click here to download the update and read more.
Perry A. Zirkel 