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2016 was a remarkable year in special education law! You must stay up-to-date on new cases and legal developments to advocate effectively. Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2016 Continue Reading →
What a great ISEA Class of 2017 – after happy hour and dinner, they were in class sessions and discussion late into the night. And yet, up bright and early Continue Reading →
…daughter with behavior problems, school refuses to help. What are my rights? In Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2016, you’ll learn about the Court’s response to Paradise Valley Continue Reading →
In TImothy O. v. Paso Robles (May 2016), Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Reinhardt reverses the District Court decision in a decisive win for the parents. In his opinion, Continue Reading →
(Posted on Pete Wright’s Facebook page, January 29, 2017). I think it’s likely that Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit will be nominated as the next Justice on the Continue Reading →
Update: On March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court in Endrew v. Douglas County unanimously rejects the “de minimis” standard for one that “is markedly more demanding than the ‘merely more Continue Reading →
On November 17, 2015 in Q.W. v. Board of Education of Fayette County, Kentucky the Sixth Circuit upheld a District Court decision which concluded that a child with autism lost Continue Reading →
CA Department of Health Care Services sues the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) in a special education due process hearing. May 13, 2016 decision from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Continue Reading →
My son’s school district agreed to an IEE but they are trying to limit the area of assessment. There are areas that I disagree with. There are also areas that Continue Reading →
Update: On February 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court vacated and remanded the Sixth Circuit’s Decision in Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools, framing new standards and limits to the Continue Reading →