A pet peeve of mine is the common misperception that the manifestation determination review process is a "hearing." The IDEA requires that when a student with a disability has his/her educational placement changed for a disciplinary reason that a meeting be held to determine the relationship bet
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In Academy of Waterford (MI) 112 LRP 15747 (OCR 2011) the staff at Academy of Waterford, a public charter school in Michigan, violated 504 when it told the parent of 10 year-year-old with diabetes that he must be accompanied by family members if he wished to participate in an afterschool
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In Stamps ex. rel. H.S.,S.S, and J.S v Gwinnett County Sch Dist., 112 LRP 28567 (11th Cir.
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In Castaic (Ca) Union Elementary Sch.
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In a letter to Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, one of my Protection and Advocacy colleagues with Disability Rights Wisconsin, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)(Letter to Spitzer-Resnick 112 LRP 32664 (OSEP June 22, 2012), acknowledged that school districts must consider the least res
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Section 504 requires that school districts consider a student's request to bring a service animal to school individually and, like most issues involving students with disabilities, the decision must be made by a group of persons and based upon information from a variety of sources.
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The school district in Preston ex rel. A.P. v. Hilton Cent. Sch. Dist., 112 LRP 36253 (W.D.N.Y.
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There is frequently confusion regarding how least restrictive environment (LRE) applies to preschool children with disabilities.
General Education "Innovative Teaching Practices" must be Included in an IDEA-Eligible Student's IEP
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A school district must develop an IEP for a student with a disability even though the instruction the student needs is part of the district's general education program or "best-teaching practices." In Letter to Chambers 112 LRP 37475 (OSEP 05/09/12), Office of Special Education Program (
General Education "Innovative Teaching Practices" must be Included in an IDEA-Eligible Student's IEP
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A school district must develop an IEP for a student with a disability even though the instruction the student needs is part of the district's general education program or "best teaching practices." In Letter to Chambers 112 LRP 37475 (OSEP 05/09/12), Office of Special Education Program (
