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The principle that an individual cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards.
What is Due Process
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No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction of equal protection of the laws.
What is the 14th Amendment
100
In this case, the court considered the issue of both procedural and substantive due process as it related to children with disabilities.
What is PARC v. Pennsylvania
100
Seven black children who had been identified as disabled. The plaintiffs alleged, and the court found, that substantial numbers of children with disabilities were excluded from public education or education supported by the area, and, furthermore, that these children were moved, expelled, suspended, and terminated without due process.
What is Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
100
The major issue addressed in earlier litigation was ... prior to a denial or abrogation of a student's rights.
What is Providing Notice
200
Because due process requires notice, school districts must ensure the notice's content meets the requisite guidelines. The content of prior written notice must include...
What is a description, explanation, statement, and sources.
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For an FAPE to be provided to a child with a disability, it is essential that nay dispute arising from disagreements concerning the evaluation, identification, or placement of a child be completed in a timely manner.
What is Timeliness of Process
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Parents of a student were divorced, and the mother had legal custody of the child, while the father remained financially responsible for any educational expenses. he school district reviewed the child's reports, and from this information, prepared an IEP signed by the mother. The father did not receive notice of this meeting, nor of the review meeting.
What is Doe v. Anrig
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A child with autism, had attended a private school for children with autism at public expense. During an IEP review, the district proposed to place the child in a public school classroom. The parents refused this placement and unilaterally placed the child in a private school and requested the district pay transportation cots.
What is Yates v. Charles Country Board of Education
200
This case was brought by a group of Maryland children with disabilities who believed they had been denied their right to consideration of an ESY because they ad been provided an inadequate notice.
What is Reusch v. Fountain
300
If the disputed issues cannot be resolved during the mediation process or if mediation is not selected then... may be requested by either the parents or the school district.
What is Impartial Due Process Hearings
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This allows parents and relevant members of the IEP team to meet, discuss the complaint's facts, and and attempt to resolve the issues prior to a due process hearing.
What is Mandatory Resolution Session
300
Several students were suspended from high school without a hearing. The students brought a class action lawsuit alleging that the suspensions violated the 14th Amendment's due process clause.
What is Goss v. Lopez
300
This case decision of the hearing officer was appealed to the appellate panel which concluded that Student's IEP was procedural and substantively flawed that it denied the student a free and appropriate public education.
What is Saucon Valley v. Robert and Darlene O.
300
A young man who had sustained a serious brain injury in a swimming pool accident resulting in cortical blindness and other physical injuries. His parents rejected the IEP developed by the school district, stating that it was not appropriate because it resembled the previous year's IEP under which they believed that the son had not progress.
What is Carlisle Area School District v. Scott P.
400
Two forms of disciplinary action used by schools when manifest severe behavior that violates school policies or creates a danger for other students.
What is Suspension/Expulsion
400
For parents or guardians to be true participants in the development and implementation of their child's education program, as well as to be able to challenge a school's decisions, it is imperative that there is...
What is Parental Access to Records
400
This case focused on the issue of verbal versus written notice and he preparation of an IEP for a child without parental input as a result of a lack of notification.
What is Max M. V. Thompson
400
A high school girl's mother and teachers had discussed concerns about her difficulty in mathematics. She had failed the states assessment of academic skills test seven times, and she then was diagnosed as having a learning disability. After she had graduated, a due process hearing was filed noting that she had never been referred for an assessment for possible learning disabilities even though her mother had expressed concerns about her progress.
What is Oliver v. Dallas Independent School District
400
This case addresses the ability of a parent to understand a notice describing the requisite components.
What is Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Paul B.
500
An attempt to reconcile disputed matters arising between parties, by the friendly intervention of a neutral party.
What is Mediation
500
The rights guaranteed by Goss were meaningless for children with mental retardation behavior disorders, and other disabilities because they were ... from even enrolling in public schools where these rights could be accessed.
What is Exclusion
500
The court considered whether parental participation is dependent on the parent's ability to review all records to make an informed decision.
What is Amanda J. v. Clark County School District
500
A 9 year old boy who had been initially diagnosed as having a severe speech/language impairment. The school district changed the disabling condition on the IEP to "mental retardation" without evidence of the parents having been notified of the change in eligibility label and against the parents' belief and desires.
What is re Child with Disabilities
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The process of taking legal action
What is Litigation