Health Data We at SpedLawBlog will periodically cover other aspects of education for students eligible for special education and related services that need to be addressed and considered. Given what we have gone through this past year, health data is of major importance. Many school districts do not have a […]
CEC is this Week! The Council for Exceptional Children Annual International Conference. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference is virtual, so there is no reason why you should not attend. The sessions are loaded into the website, and will be available to view until the end of May. To […]
9th Circuit, McIntyre v. Eugene SD, decided September 2020 We at SPEDLAWBLOG periodically will be presenting recent cases that lay out good information for teachers, administrators and parents. This will be an occasional feature of this Blog. We will provide brief commentary on what to look for in the case […]
The Indiana IEP Resource Center is inviting out-of-state participants to their Focus on Inclusion Week, a week-long virtual professional learning event, focusing on inclusion and IEP Development for general and special education teachers and administrators. The virtual event is from Feb. 1 to 2 and includes 3 presentations a day […]
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is hosting a free webinar, “What’s Happening in Washington: 2021 and Education Policy, Priorities, and People.” The webinar will be conducted by Kuna Tavalin, CEC’s Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor, on January 27, 2021 from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Standard time. The webinar […]
In Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE), school districts must develop individualized education programs (IEPs) that are reasonably calculated to enable a student to make progress appropriate in light of his or her circumstances. To […]
The Progress Center (promotingprogress.org), which is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education, is hosting a virtual event for local educators and leaders who are interested in improving outcomes for students with disabilities by moving beyond compliance to develop high-quality educational programming […]
November 29, 2020 marks the 45th Anniversary of the signing of PL 94-142, the now titled Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA. Many do not remember 45 years ago, so therefore we here at SpedLawBlog would like to share some memories and reminders of what life was like prior […]
On October 14, 2020 the United States District Court in New Mexico issued a ruling in the case of Hernandez v. Grisham. One of the issues the court addressed was the provision of a FAPE during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the plaintiffs in the case, Shannon Woodworth, had a […]
A Case We Are Watching at SPEDLAWBLOG Z. B. v. DC Board of Education As a service, we at SPEDLAWBLOG will follow all appeals to the US Supreme Court and work to keep our loyal readers up to date on cases that may have major input into special education law […]
New Ruling on FBA’s and IEE’s Second Circuit In the case of D.S. v. Trumbull Board of Education, issued on September 17, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled FBAs are not evaluations or reevaluations within the meaning of the IDEA. This decision is inconsistent with […]
The case of Independent School District v. E.M.D.H. (2020) involved a gifted secondary student, E.M.D.H. (hereinafter E.M.), who had school phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, an obsessive-compulsive disorder, severe depression, attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder, and a panic disorder. In this case, the parents filed for a due process hearing under […]
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