by Common Ground | Apr 15, 2016 | Courts
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has ruled that a teacher’s behavior management efforts did not violate her students’ constitutional rights. The case involves an Ohio special education teacher whose educational and disciplinary methods for her...
by Common Ground | Apr 15, 2016 | Courts
A group of middle and high school students have filed a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit saying violence at home and in their neighborhoods has impaired their ability to learn at school. The case involves a group of California students and three teachers who allege...
by Common Ground | Oct 6, 2015 | Courts
A New Jersey Administrative Law Judge has order a Passaic County school district to reimburse parents for out-of-district tuition they paid because the district failed to provide FAPE. The case involves a teen with Asperger’s Syndrome and ADHD who was classified as...
by Common Ground | Oct 6, 2015 | Courts
A New Jersey Administrative Law Judge has ordered the parents of a Morris County student with disabilities to consent to evaluation. The case involves a 6th grader classified as “Other Health Impaired.” At the time of the child’s classification in the 3rd grade, the...
by Common Ground | Oct 6, 2015 | Courts
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider a case involving an interpretation of federal law addressing the “stay put” provision of IDEA. “Stay put” allows a student with disabilities to remain in his or her current special education placement...
by Common Ground | May 14, 2015 | Courts
A New Jersey Administrative Law Judge ruled that a 6th grader with disabilities could be removed from school in connection with behavior that violated school rules. The case involves an 11-year-old boy who had been accused by his Essex County school district of...
by Common Ground | May 14, 2015 | Courts
A New Jersey Administrative Law Judge denied a set of parents’ request for their daughter with disabilities to remain in her private school placement, in spite of the fact that her behavior was found to be a result of her disabilities. The case involves a 16-year-old...
by Common Ground | May 14, 2015 | Courts
A New Jersey Administrative Law Judge recently ruled that a family in which the father worked overseas was entitled to have their son’s special education services paid for by the Hunterdon County school district in which they maintained an apartment. The case involves...
by Common Ground | May 14, 2015 | Courts
A Monmouth County school district has been ordered by an administrative law judge to provide compensatory education to a student with disabilities. The case involves a 21-year-old man with autism and an array of complex behavior, including self-injury, aggression, and...
by Common Ground | Sep 25, 2014 | Courts
Young adults incarcerated in county jails who are eligible for special education services are the responsibility of the school district where their parents reside, according to a California Supreme Court ruling released earlier this year. The case involves a student...
by Common Ground | Sep 25, 2014 | Courts
Leaders in the field of education have called on the Supreme Court of the United States to examine longstanding special education rules that protect the placement of students with disabilities during the course of litigation. Under the provision in the Individuals...
by Common Ground | Aug 11, 2014 | Courts
The United States District Court has upheld the decision of an Administrative Law Judge, requiring a New Jersey School district to reimburse parents for placement in an approved private school. The case involves a preschooler with severe autism for whom private...
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