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Is That Appropriate?: Clarifying The Idea's Free Appropriate Public Education Standard Post-Endrew F., Josh Cowin Nov 2018

Is That Appropriate?: Clarifying The Idea's Free Appropriate Public Education Standard Post-Endrew F., Josh Cowin

Northwestern University Law Review

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires schools to provide all students who qualify for special education services with a free appropriate public education (FAPE). However, the IDEA does not specify how much substantive educational benefit students must be afforded in order to receive a FAPE, leaving this question for the courts. For over thirty years, courts split over the amount of educational benefit that school districts must provide to their special education students, leading to significant confusion and anxiety among parents and school officials regarding their legal rights. The Supreme Court sought to clarify this standard in Endrew …


State Laws For Due Process Hearings Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Perry A. Zirkel Sep 2018

State Laws For Due Process Hearings Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Perry A. Zirkel

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

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Litigating Trauma As Disability In American Schools, Taylor N. Mullaney May 2018

Litigating Trauma As Disability In American Schools, Taylor N. Mullaney

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

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Mixed Messages: An Analysis Of The Conflicting Standards Used By The United States Circuit Courts Of Appeals When Awarding The Compensatory Education For A Violation Of The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, James C. Schwellenbach Feb 2018

Mixed Messages: An Analysis Of The Conflicting Standards Used By The United States Circuit Courts Of Appeals When Awarding The Compensatory Education For A Violation Of The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, James C. Schwellenbach

Maine Law Review

With the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) of 1975, now titled the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA or the Act), each child with a disability was guaranteed the right to a free and appropriate public education. It fell to the public schools to provide that free and appropriate education to students with disabilities, many of whom had been denied access to public schools prior to that time. It was inevitable that parents would disagree with their local school district, or the state educational agency, as to whether their child was being provided the kind …


The Fallacy Of Choice: The Destructive Effect Of School Vouchers On Children With Disabilities, Ian P. Farrell, Chelsea Marx Jan 2018

The Fallacy Of Choice: The Destructive Effect Of School Vouchers On Children With Disabilities, Ian P. Farrell, Chelsea Marx

American University Law Review

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No Student Left Behind? Accommodating Students With Disabilities In Higher Education During The Trump Administration, Anne Marie Fristoe Jan 2018

No Student Left Behind? Accommodating Students With Disabilities In Higher Education During The Trump Administration, Anne Marie Fristoe

North Carolina Central Law Review

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Post-Fry Idea And Section 504: New Intersections And Detours, Amy J. Goetz, Andrea L. Jepsen Jan 2018

Post-Fry Idea And Section 504: New Intersections And Detours, Amy J. Goetz, Andrea L. Jepsen

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Lessons Learned From Texas' Special Education Cap, Raj Salhotra Jan 2018

Lessons Learned From Texas' Special Education Cap, Raj Salhotra

Marquette Benefits and Social Welfare Law Review

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No Excuses For Charter Schools: How Disproportionate Discipline Of Students With Disabilities Violates Federal Law, Johanna F. Roberts Jan 2018

No Excuses For Charter Schools: How Disproportionate Discipline Of Students With Disabilities Violates Federal Law, Johanna F. Roberts

Oklahoma Law Review

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