According to an Associated Press report in the Longview Daily News, the U.S. Department of Justice recently settled a suit with Lesley University in Washington over accommodating students with food allergies.
Continue reading...A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that a disabled student unilaterally placed in a private school is not entitled to special education services under Section 504.
Continue reading...An Eleventh Circuit three-judge panel has affirmed the validity of the U.S. Department of Education regulation under the IDEA that provides that a parent “has the right to an independent educational evaluation at public expense if the parent disagrees with an evaluation obtained by the public agency,” concluding that an Alabama school district must reimburse the parents of a disabled student for their costs related to an independent educational evaluation performed on their student.
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