free-appropriate-public-education

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24-1018 I. S., By and Through His Attorney in Fact, M. S., et al. v. Fulton County School District Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-24 Denied Response Waived free-appropriate-public-education idea individualized-education-plan procedural-safeguards psychological-report school-district When Congress enacted the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), it imposed on public school districts an affirmative duty to ensure that…
24-442 Onaney Polanco, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of A. D. v. David Banks, in His Official Capacity as Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response Waived disability-rights due-process federalism free-appropriate-public-education school-accessibility special-education This case raises a question of exceptional importance for some of our most vulnerable citizens- disabled children and their parents. Here, the Parent …
23A1130 Andrea Phillips, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of S.H., et al. v. David C. Banks, in His Official Capacity as the Chancellor of New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-21 Presumed Complete disability-classification free-appropriate-public-education idea individualized-education-program judicial-review special-education Question not identified.
23-1074 David Howard Plotkin v. Montgomery County Public Schools Fourth Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response Waived civil-rights disabilities-education-act due-process free-appropriate-public-education individual-education-program individuals-with-disabilities-education-act material-failure school-district-liability special-education When is a school district's material failure to provide special education services included in a child's Individual Education Program also a failure t…
23A207 Rita C. Simpson-Vlach, et al. v. Michigan Department of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-01 Presumed Complete free-appropriate-public-education IDEA mootness special-education standing-doctrine systemic-violations Question not identified.
23A174 Maria Navarro Carrillo, et al. v. New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2023-08-25 Presumed Complete congressional-intent disabled-students FAPE free-appropriate-public-education individuals-with-disabilities-education-act state-administrative-deference Question not identified.
22-778 Danielle Howard Martinez, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied covid-19-education declaratory-relief disability-rights free-appropriate-public-education idea-compliance individuals-with-disabilities-education-act injunctive-relief mootness mootness-doctrine school-closures state-educational-agencies 1. Whether Petitioners' claims that the CDE Defendants violated federal law by (i) effectively waiving LEAs' compliance with the IDEA after forced sch…
21-1479 S. W. and C. W., on Behalf of Their Minor Child, B. W. v. Capistrano Unified School District Ninth Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights due-process education free-appropriate-public-education IDEA idea-compliance individualized-education-program parental-placement private-school reimbursement school-district-duty special-education-rights 1. Does a school district have an affirmative duty under the IDEA to prepare an annual individualized education program (IEP) for a child for the upco…
21-137 Amanda P., et vir, as Parents and Next Friends of T. P., a Minor Individual with a Disability v. Copperas Cove Independent School District Fifth Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied Response Waived clear-error de-novo-review endrew-f-standard endrew-f-v-douglas-county free-appropriate-public-education individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-deference retrospective-assessment standard-of-review 1. Whether de novo review or clear error is the standard of review applicable to the question of whether a school district has provided a free appropr…
20-205 Z. B., By and Through His Mother, Sylvia Sanchez v. District of Columbia District of Columbia 2020-08-21 Denied Response Waived change-in-placement circuit-court-split disability-rights free-and-appropriate-public-education free-appropriate-public-education individualized-education-program individuals-with-disabilities-education-act parent-participation school-placement special-education I. As school placement is an essential element of the Individuals with Disabilities Act, 20 USC §§ 1400 et. seq., and to the provision of a Free and A…
19-1148 Michael Bruno, as Parent, Guardian, and Next Friend of R. B., a Minor, et al. v. Northside Independent School District Fifth Circuit 2020-03-19 Denied Amici (1) comparable-services due-process educational-programming educational-services free-appropriate-public-education individuals-with-disabilities-education-act programming school-district special-education-programming student-transfer transfer-student This petition follows appeals from an impartial due process hearing pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), in which the p…
19-1043 Paul G., a Conserved Adult, By and Through His Conservator Steve G. v. Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedures due-process-complaint exhaustion-requirement free-appropriate-public-education futility-exception individuals-with-disabilities-education-act local-educational-agency non-IDEA-claims relief-not-available-under-IDEA settlement-agreement Whether exhaustion of the administrative procedures provided by the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1415(l), is required w…
19-616 W.A., Individually and on Behalf of W.E., et al. v. Hendrick Hudson Central School District Second Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied circuit-split deference-to-administrative-decisions due-process free-appropriate-public-education idea-fape-private-school-deference-administrative- individuals-with-disabilities-education-act private-placement school-district-obligations special-education-law standard-of-review 1. When a school district defaults on its obligations to provide a student with a disability a free appropriate public education (FAPE) as guaranteed …
18-1591 R. F., a Minor Child, By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, E. F. and H. F., et al. v. Cecil County Public Schools Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied administrative-law due-process educational-benefit educational-rights fape free-appropriate-public-education hearing-officer idea individuals-with-disabilities-education-act-idea parental-participation procedural-safeguards special-education This case raises the question of whether, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 1415(E)(ii), a hearing officer may find a denial of a free appropriate education sol…
18-9209 H. F. v. Board of Education of the Township of Teaneck New Jersey 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-review due-process free-appropriate-public-education homeless-student homelessness idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act special-education stay-put-provision The first question presented is: Is the District of residence legally required to "stay-put" and not TERMINATE a multi-handicapned and homeless stude…
18-641 J. M., By and Through his Mother, Maria Mandeville v. Kathryn Matayoshi, Superintendent, Hawaii Public Schools, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response Waived autism bullying burden-of-proof due-process endrew-f fape free-appropriate-public-education idea individualized-education-program special-education special-education-law In Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist. RE-1, 580 U.S. _—, 137 S.Ct. 988, 1000 (2017), this Court established that an Individualized Education Pro…