ISEA 2017: Day 4
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 →
Category Archives: Cases
Legal Developments & Cases: Behavior Problems – School Refuses to Help?
…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 →
Parents Win in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Timothy O v. Paso Robles
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 →
Judge Neil Gorsuch: Nominee for the Supreme Court by Pete Wright
(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 →
Endrew F: U.S. Supreme Court Argument Analysis
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 →
Sixth Circuit: Child’s Autism No Longer Adversely Affects Educational Performance – No IEP
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 →
Great Case from the 9th Circuit (May 13, 2016)
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 →
Can a Parent Request an IEE in an Area Not Assessed Previously?
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 →
Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Fry v. Napoleon Comm. School et. al
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 →
ALERT! Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments & Cases 2015
New Publication from Wrightsaw! Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2015 Verdicts in jury trials and multi-million dollar settlements in teacher abuse cases Background and pleadings in Fry v. Continue Reading →