Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Court Rules Parents Entitled to Private School Tuition...

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     In Mr. and Mrs. A v. New York City Department of Education , a United States District Court has ruled that under certain...

OSEP Clarifies that RTI Process Cannot Delay-Deny IDEA...

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     Since the Response to Intervention (RTI) process was referred to in the IDEA regulations as a means of  identifying a...

New Preventing Litigation in Special Education WORKBOOK...

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 Readers, many of you may be familiar with my book The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law.  I'm proud to announce that a new...

2010 in review

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The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall...

Department of Education Issues Guidance Targeting...

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     Yesterday, October 26th 2010, the US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights issued a "Dear Colleague" letter to...

Celebrating 35 Years of the IDEA:The U.S. Department of...

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     The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was originally passed in 1975.

House Passes HR 4247 Keeping All Students Safe Act

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     Last week the House of Representatives voted 262 to 153 to pass HR 4247 the Keeping All  Students Safe Act. This legislation...

Born to be a Demon

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     As a contrast to my most recent post Band Director’s Unilateral Decision Denying Student with a Disability Full...

Band Director's Unilateral Decision Denying Student...

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     An Arizona high school student with Down syndrome had an IEP calling for "integration with regular peers as much as possible...

National Center for Learning Disabilities Provides State by...

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     The National Center for Learning Disabilities has provided scorecards for every state that includes information on state...

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