by Common Ground | Sep 12, 2011 | Courts
A New Jersey Administrative Law Judge has ruled that a local school district must reimburse parents for the cost of a private, out-of-district program. “The judge noted that the student’s grades took into consideration effort, and were the result of a lot of...
by Common Ground | Jun 1, 2011 | Courts
A New Jersey Administrative Law Judge has ordered that a student with disabilities remain in his private school through the course of a placement dispute. The case involves a 10-year-old student with Aspergers syndrome who had been placed by his district in an...
by Common Ground | Jun 1, 2011 | Courts
A New Jersey Administrative Law judge has ruled that a teen with multiple disabilities may not return to his home district to complete high school. The case involves a 16 year-old student with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other conditions who had been...
by Common Ground | Jun 1, 2011 | Courts
A federal District Court has concluded that a New Jersey school district violated IDEA when it determined a student’s placement before the IEP meeting, and without parental input. The case involves a 10 year-old girl with an autism spectrum disorder who had been...