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.
Tag: tuition reimbursement
November 2022 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies two recent court decisions addressing a range of IDEA issues, including child find and both the procedural and substantive dimensions of FAPE. Download the update and read more.
September 2022 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies two recent court decisions addressing various FAPE issues, including the “assess all areas” obligation, and, in the second case, the overlay of Section 504/ADA. Download the update and read more.
June 2022 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies two recent court decisions that respectively address (a) various FAPE issues and (b) the less frequent but ongoing issue of LRE under the IDEA. Download the update and read more.
May 2022 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies two recent court decisions that address various FAPE issues and remedies for students with dyslexia or behavioral disorders. Download the update and read more. Registration is open for the Lehigh Special Education Law Symposium, June 19-24 (virtual) and the Lehigh Section 504 Coordinators Institute, June 23-24 (virtual). More information at https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/spedlaw/
March 2022 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies court decisions that address current issues for students with disabilities, including not only eligibility, but also free appropriate public education (FAPE) under Endrew F. in the context of the high-stakes remedy of tuition reimbursement. Download the update and read more.
November 2021 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies a pair of recent court decisions that seem to differ from the traditional district-deferential approach in methodology disputes. Download the update and read more.
June 2021 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies recent court decisions illustrating the multi-step analysis and equitable nature of tuition reimbursement. These two cases include the issue of transition respectively as an implicit student-specific placement provision and as an explicit age-specific IDEA requirement. Download the update and read more.
March 2021 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies recent court decisions addressing issues of “twice-exceptional” students under the IDEA and, alternatively or additionally, Section 504. Download the update and read more.
February 2021 Legal Update
This month’s update identifies recent court decisions of general significance, specifically addressing (a) FAPE and the remedy of compensatory education, and (b) FAPE and the remedy of tuition reimbursement, along with an added flourish under Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Download the update and read more.
Perry A. Zirkel 