Special Education
UPCOMING EVENTS
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CLIENT UPDATES
- Parental Demands for Home Hospital Instruction (HHI) (06/2021)
- OAH Handles Tough Case with Sensible Ruling: OAH Remedies are Designed to Benefit the Student at Issue, Not All Children Generally (12/2020)
- US Ed Q & A COVID and Services to Children with Diabilities (03/2020)
- Providing FAPE During A Covid-19 School Closure (03/2020)
- AB 117 Offers Districts Some Relief from Special Education Timelines During COVID-19 Closure (03/2020)
- OCR Issues a Fact Sheet on Protecting the Civil Rights of Students During COVID-19 – OCR Guidance (03/2020)
- L.C. v. Alta Loma School District: Independent Educational Evaluation – To Fund or File Following Parent’s Request (02/2020)
- Parent on Behalf of Student v. William S. Hart Union High School District (09/2019)
- M.S. v. Los Angeles Unified School District Show Your Work: Like Students Solving Math Equations, Districts Determining FAPE Must Also Justify Their Conclusion (04/2019)
- Office of Administrative Hearings’ (OAH) Decision Requiring District to Allow the Administration of Marijuana on Campus Does Not Set Precedent (12/2018)
- Stay Put for Unvaccinated Student and Amended Title 17 Regulations Regarding K-12 Immunization Requirements (09/2018)
- Department of Education Signals Change with Revisions to Office for Civil Rights Manual (03/2018)
- United States Department of Education Releases “Q and A” on Endrew F., Questions Remain! (12/2017)
- The Future is Here: From iPads to Robots, the Next Generation of Accommodation (10/2017)
- New Ninth Circuit Decision, Rachel H., Clarifies Location Requirement of an IEP (And For Once It Was the Parents’ Fault) (09/2017)
- Non-Attorney No Longer Authorized to Represent Parties in Special Education Due Process Proceedings (09/2017)
- Use of Nontraditional Options to Assess African-American Students (09/2017)
- California Dyslexia Guidelines Finally Published (08/2017)
- School District Website Requirements (05/2017)
- U.S. Supreme Court Decision Endrew F. V. Douglas County School District (03/2017)
- U.S. Supreme Court Decides Fry v. Napoleon (03/2017)
- “Pre-Referral Services” & Issues In-Home May Determine Child’s Eligibility for Special Education (02/2017)
- Client Update Archive
RESOURCES
- COVID-19 Related Resources
- Search and Seizure recorded presentation by attorney James D. Simson
- Child Find – How To Find The Children Before The Parents Find You (08/2015)
- Post-Hughes Bill – Behavior Intervention Plans (02/2014)
- Discipline For Special Education and Section 504 Students (03/2013)
- Notice of Parent and Student Rights Under Section 504 (03/2010)
- Amendment to Section 504 Accommodation Plan (03/2010)
- Referral for 504 Assistance (03/2010)
- Section 504 Consent for Assessment (03/2010)
- Parent/Guardian Notice of Section 504 Eligibility and Accommodation Plan Meeting (03/2010)
- Due Process Hearings in California – An Overview (04/2009)
- Parent Revocation of Consent for Special Education Services form (02/2009)
- District-Parental Revocation of Consent form (02/2009)