Special Education Law and Advocacy
Question before the Court in Safford United School District #1 v. Redding at https://www.wrightslaw.com/blogs/09/safford.redding.htm) Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits public school officials from conducting a search of a student suspected Continue Reading →
I am a special education teacher. I resigned from a public school because they ordered me to do something that was against special ed law. I contacted the State Board Continue Reading →
Jacqueline, a kindergarten student, was sexually harassed by a third-grade boy while riding the school bus. The child’s parents brought this to the attention of school administrators immediately. The principal Continue Reading →
My daughter is hearing impaired and was retained because of her disability. She played basketball in middle school until age 15 when the athletic association notified her that she was Continue Reading →
(Archived from 10/09/08) After a 4 1/2-week jury trial, the first damages case against the Hawai’i DOE went to the jury 24 hours ago. Three more cases alleging deliberate indifference Continue Reading →
Can anyone tell me what a “child study plan” is? Our county does not do 504 Plans. A person at school told me that the child study plan is Continue Reading →
I was told that my child cannot participate in sports at school because he has an IEP. Isn’t this discrimination? Prohibiting a student from participating in a sport because he Continue Reading →
The child’s doctor wrote, “… the Student is extremely allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. These allergies can cause anaphylaxis, which is a life threatening condition. Symptoms from anaphylaxis include Continue Reading →
From Wrightslaw: After nearly 400 comments, we must close this page to new comments – the blog program cannot accept more text. Since this topic continues to generate questions, I Continue Reading →
(Moved from the Community Helpline) Our district allows all general education students to attend the high school of their choice in the district. But the district refused to allow our Continue Reading →
