Ability Law Blog
Author: Randy Chapman, Esq.
Randy Chapman has been the director of legal services at Disability Law Colorado since 1980. He played a pivotal role in the development of disability law and helped break ground in implementing special education law.
He has authored multiple publications about special education law, and overseen legal representation to more than 25,000 people with disabilities in Colorado.
Homebound Student May Use 504 and the ADA to Challenge...
May 21 2012
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 on a homebound program due to having Fabry's disease (a hereditary... District Discriminated Against Student by Failing to Follow...
May 18 2012
Parents frequently ask which is better enforced: An IEP or a 504 Plan? While the 504 regulations do not specify the detail regarding developing a 504 plan that the IDEA provides regarding IEPs, 504... US Department of Education Outlines 15 Principles Regarding...
May 15 2012
Today, the US Department of Education published the Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document to "help ensure that schools are safe and healthy environments where all students can learn, develop... Justice Department Settles Complaints with Health Care...
May 14 2012
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) announced last Friday that it has settled two complaints involving claims that health care providers refused to serve people with HIV in violation of the Americans... Teacher's Long-term abuse denied student FAPE...
May 7 2012
In Fulton County School District, 112 LRP 1885 (SEA GA 02/01/12) an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)ruled that a Georgia school district denied a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to a student... Texas School District Required to Provide Bus Monitors with...
Mar 28 2012
A state hearing officer ruled in Corpus Christi Independent School District, 57 IDELR 297 (Tex. SEA 2011) that the school district failed to provide appropriate personnel support so that a student... OSEP Letter Reinforces that Services are Based on Student...
Mar 7 2012
As we know, special education services for children with disabilities are provided to meet the individual needs of the particular student with a disability. Still, it is good to see the Office of... Florida Department of Education Required to Pay for...
Feb 23 2012
In Seminole County (FL) School District, 58 IDELR 113 (OCR 2011), the parents of a 5th grade student with cerebral palsy and a visual impairment complained to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that... Colorado District's Failure to Evaluate Student While...
Jan 23 2012
In Harrison (CO) School District Two, 57 IDELR 295 (OCR 2011), the Office for Civil Rights determined that implementing RTI strategies did not offset the school district's failure to timely evaluate... OSEP Letter says school districts may set timelines for...
Jan 4 2012
In Letter to Addressee 111 LRP 68370 (OSEP 2011), the Office of Special Education Programs has stated that school districts, as part of their Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) criteria, may... 