Disability Law

OSEP Letter says school districts may set timelines for...

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In Letter to Addressee 111 LRP 68370 (OSEP 2011), the Office of Special Education Programs has stated that school districts, as...

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Last Friday December 16 2011, Senator Tom Harkin (D. Iowa) introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act . Similar...

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The Office for Civil Rights found that a Tennessee school district violated Section 504 when it placed 14 middle schoolers with...

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The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has published a Spanish Glossary with over 250 IDEA related terms in Spanish. The...

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Today, the Department of Education (the Department) issued the final regulations for the early intervention program under...

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In Phillip and Angie C. v. Jefferson County Board of Education , 111 LRP 55718 (N.D. Ala. Aug 17, 2011), the U.S. District Court...

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In Ms. H v. Montgomery County Board of Education, 56 IDELR 268 (May 12,2011) a U.S. District Court in Alabama ruled that the...

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Some cases have more interesting facts than others. In Chicago (IL) Public Schools, 56 IDELR 54 (OCR July 2, 2010), the...

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I am proud to announce that my book The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law and the Preventing Litigation in Special...

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In Logan County(WV) School, 55 IDELR 297 (OCR 2010), the Office for Civil Rights found that the school district violated...