Disability Law

Manifestation Determination (MD) Review is Not a Hearing...

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A pet peeve of mine is the common misperception that the manifestation determination review process is a "hearing." The IDEA...

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In Mowry v. Logan County Board of Education, 58 IDELR 192 (S.D. W. Va. 2012), a West Virginia high school student who was placed...

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Parents frequently ask which is better enforced: An IEP or a 504 Plan? While the 504 regulations do not specify the detail...

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Today, the US Department of Education published the Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document to "help ensure that schools are...

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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) announced last Friday that it has settled two complaints involving claims that health care...

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In Fulton County School District, 112 LRP 1885 (SEA GA 02/01/12) an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)ruled that a Georgia school...

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A state hearing officer ruled in Corpus Christi Independent School District, 57 IDELR 297 (Tex. SEA 2011) that the school...

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As we know, special education services for children with disabilities are provided to meet the individual needs of the particular...

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In Seminole County (FL) School District, 58 IDELR 113 (OCR 2011), the parents of a 5th grade student with cerebral palsy and a...

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In Harrison (CO) School District Two, 57 IDELR 295 (OCR 2011), the Office for Civil Rights determined that implementing RTI...