BS v. DOE
Nov 01, 2019OUTCOME: Public school system settled case and is paying for the private program student needs.
Student's parent was told her child could not attend school until he was medicated. The IEP was flawed in many ways.
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OUTCOME: Public school system settled case and is paying for the private program student needs.
Student's parent was told her child could not attend school until he was medicated. The IEP was flawed in many ways.
OUTCOME: Settlement: Public school system had to fund private school placement.
Student was not provided services sufficient to address his refusal to return to the public school.
OUTCOME: Settlement: 80k monthly tuition at a private school.
In this case, a student with disabilities brought a due process hearing asserting that his IEP was insufficient due to a lack of transition supports between his private school and the public placement; ... as well as other violations. The public school settled the case agreeing to pay the approximately $80,000.00 monthly costs of his private school program.
OUTCOME: Settlement: 500k plus
Student's private program was funded by the public school because Parents had filed a prior case when the transportation for Student was inappropriate to bring him to the public school. The public scho ... ol failed to develop an appropriate program and upon bringing a second case the public school paid Parent over 500k to rescind Student from public services.
OUTCOME: Decision at the administrative level for compensatory education. Settlement in federal court for 4.2 million dollars.
2 sisters were denied autism-related services in their IEPs.