This month’s update identifies two recent decisions that respectively reflect the majority and minority outcome trends in the world of special education litigation. Download the update and read more.
Tag: IDEA least restrictive environment (LRE)
April 2026 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies two recent decisions that respectively illustrate the fuzzy “need prong” for special education eligibility under the IDEA and the relatively rare legal appearance of counteractions to IDEA and Section 504/ADA protection, here extending to “anti-SLAPP” laws. Download the update and read more.
March 2026 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies two recent decisions of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, under the IDEA and Section 504, respectively Download the update and read more.
June 2023 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies a pair of recent court decisions that illustrate the continuing diversity of judicial rulings with regard to the IDEA’s overlapping issues of child find and FAPE. Download the update and read more.
January 2023 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies recent court decisions that illustrate the intersection of the continuing IDEA issues of child find and least restrictive environment (LRE) with current concerns, such as threats of school shootings and interpretations of the Supreme Court’s Endrew F. decision, respectively. Download the update and read more.
Perry A. Zirkel 