An Arizona school district violated the IDEA when it removed an elementary school student with autism to an interim alternative educational setting (IAES) without justification. The student did not inflict serious bodily injury on another person, an ALJ concluded. However, the ALJ declined to award the student compensatory education, since the IAES provided him meaningful…
Change in Child’s Classification Qualifies Parents As Prevailing Party Posted on June 17, 2010 by kamorofflaw.com The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that the change in a student’s classification was sufficient to confer prevailing party status on the parents, even in light of of the fact that the student received appropriate…
I’m another California Lawyer, who happens to be friends with the lawyer who runs this site (props to the first wave reference). I run a boutique law office in Orange County, where we primarily focus on Special Education Law. As such, from time to time I’ll be adding information related to Special Education Law, and…