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Category Archives: FAPE
Fighting for Marisa: The Legal Battle over Where She Should Go to School
The Virginia Beach school district is once again suing for due process to get Marisa Norman back into public school. “After winning a four-year battle, Navy Capt. Cassidy Norman and Continue Reading →
Endrew F. Strikes Again! News from the 2e Newsletter
“Education consultant Rich Weinfeld served as the expert witness for a 2e student in a case involving the appropriateness of the student’s IEP and whether the local school district should Continue Reading →
TEA Special Education Improvement Plan and Corrective Action Response
Update: March 19, 2018 from the Texas Tribune. “The TEA released the 42-page draft strategic plan Monday, a couple of months after a 15-month federal investigation concluded Texas had not Continue Reading →
TEA Violated Federal Laws – Corrective Action Ordered!
In 2016, investigative reporter Brian Rosenthal broke a story in Texas and wrote a series of articles for the Houston Chronicle that rocked the world of special education far beyond Continue Reading →
New Q & A! U.S. Department of Education Clarifies FAPE after Endrew Decision
December 2017: Department Issues New Q&A on Free Appropriate Public Education following Supreme Court Decision. The U.S. Department of Education released a question-and-answer document supporting the unanimous March 2017 U.S. Continue Reading →
IDEA and Kids with Special Dietary Needs
Our doctor has recommended that my daughter, on an IEP, be gluten and dairy free. The school is giving me a hard time, though I know they are providing a 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 →
INVESTIGATION: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Kids Out of Special Ed
Are you following the investigation in Texas, where unelected state officials devised a system that kept thousands of disabled kids out of special education? This 2004 “monitoring system” is under Continue Reading →
Why You Need to Begin Transition Planning Early
“My child is 14. When I requested a transition plan and transition services, the IEP team said they don’t have to provide transition services until he is 16. Is this Continue Reading →