Joint
Policy Memorandum on ADD by Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services. Clarifies that children with ADD/ADHD are eligible
for special education services under IDEA and Section 504 protections.
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Note
to Non-lawyers
U.S. Supreme Court
cases are supreme. Cases
from U. S. Courts of Appeals are the next highest level of
judicial decisions. Rulings from a U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
will have binding authority over the Courts in the states of that
Circuit.
Other Circuits and other
states may not be bound by a ruling from a different circuit, but
may rely upon the decision as "persuasive authority." Thus,
it is important to stay on top of the rulings of the U. S. Courts
of Appeals.
When the Circuits have
"split" rulings on the same issue, i.e., different legal outcomes
from similar issues of fact and or law, then the cases have a higher
probability of being accepted for review by the
U. S. Supreme Court.
