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Category Archives: school special education
Poll Results In; We’re Back in First Place
As a part of the fun component of the special education law blog, we run a poll on the lefthand side of the blog. These are not scientific endeavors, and we do not pretend that the results resemble science in any way. Nonetheless, we think that they… Continue reading
Posted in bloggers choice awards, education, Gerl, poll, school special education, Special Education, special education law
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Disability Statistics: All in One Place
People often ask me about statistics. Sometimes even in combination with a lawyer joke.If you’re like me, it is hard to keep numbers at your fingertips. Don’t get me wrong, I loved mathematics; I even took calculus. I just hate arithmetic (the actu… Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gerl, school special education, special education law, Statistics
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Reflections on the IDEA Remedies Tour: The Nature of Compensatory Education
This is the second in a multiple part series of posts on my IDEA Remedies Tour, the joking name I gave to my presentations this summer on the major remedies available when the parent/student prevails in an IDEA due process hearing or appeal. I really l… Continue reading
Posted in disabilities, education, Education Law, Gerl, law, school, school special education, special education law
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New Supreme Court Decision- Part IV (Hearing Officer Authority)
Those of you who follow this blog know that I was concerned about the school district’s argument that hearing officers lacked authority to grant reimbursement. I had never heard this argument made before. NOTE: I have a bias here, I am a due process … Continue reading
Posted in due process, education, hearing officer, law, reimbursement, school special education, special education law, Supreme Court, unilateral placement, United States Supreme Court
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