USDOE Finds NJDOE Non-Compliant With IDEA 45 Day Rule

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Well, well, well.  Seems that someone is taking notice that the NJDOE has been noncompliant with IDEA’s 45 Day Rule (which we’ve written about extensively in the past): Why Special Education Due Process Cases Are NOT Full-Blown Lawsuits SKL’s 45 Day Rule Class Action The 45 Day Rule On May 6, 2019, the US Department […]

Why Special Education Due Process Cases Are NOT Full-Blown Lawsuits

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School board attorneys have managed to turn special education due process hearings into all-out, scorched Earth lawsuits, as if it was Microsoft vs. IBM.  In fact, they have convinced administrative hearing officers and judges that this is the way it should be. But Due Process cases are not supposed to be full-blown litigation.  Here are […]

New special ed case involving charter schools and attorney’s fees

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit handed down an excellent decision on October 11, 2017 for parents of children with disabilities.  In the case of H.E., et al.  v. Walter D Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School, et al., the Court held and reaffirmed its prior ruling that “success on a claim […]

Is your hearing officer competent?

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When a parent disputes a decision made by a school district regarding the special education and/or services of their child, one option is to file a “Due Process Complaint”.  [See Procedural Safeguards, 20 USC 1415(b)(6) and (c)(2).]  When a complaint is filed, the state’s Department of Education assigns the case to an “Independent Hearing Officer”. […]