Students and Family’s Draw Near…
If you have any questions or concerns about your current or future school’s placement, program or treatment and the fast approaching Fall term, summertime is the best time to get it right! Now’s the time...
Category: Special Education
Student Rights: Maryland Attorneys Up Front!
When the Supreme Court heard the closely watched oral argument last Wednesday in Endrew v. Douglas County School District, a number of Maryland attorneys, close colleagues all, were present in support of this important...
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District – SCOTUS decides fate of FAPE!
After many years of very real and significantly different holdings amongst our federal circuit courts, this Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument on the proper construction and implementation of a Free and...
Basic Resources – Education Law in Montgomery County, Maryland and beyond…
For the basics in online resources and authorities check out the following group of sites and web pages. I emailed this recently to the members of the Ed Law section of our local bar...
Poolesville ES Rocks!
Poolesville Elementary School is amazing. Earier this year when a happy little 5th grader fell seriousy ill and was left unable to attend class, Poolesville’s PTA came to the rescue. The PTA helped the...
For every dollar PG spends on a special ed student, Howard spends $3
In addition to the publicly available school district budgets for 2013, the Maryland State Department of Education has also released data on the number of students receiving of special education services. It should come...
Maryland passes new cyberbullying law!
Last week, Maryland’s legislature passed a bill prohibiting cyberbullying against minors. Known as “Grace’s Law,” in memory of the 15-year-old victim of cyberbullying who committed suicide in Maryland last year after repeated cyberbullying attacks,...
MCPS special education cases: Ultimately, it's the child who suffers
Washington Post columnist Jay Matthews dedicated his Sunday column to Seth, a 9-year-old boy in Montgomery County Public Schools. Seth is a special education student, and as is the case with too many families this office has helped over the years, Seth’s parents have been in a knock-down, drag-out fight with the school system over how best to address Seth’s numerous and varied needs.
9-year-old child with autism injured, handcuffed and arrested at school
Roger Parker, Jr., a 9-year-old child with autism, was arrested by police at his Quincy, Illinois, school after he had a “meltdown” during class. School officials at Baldwin South Intermediate School called the police to calm down the little boy after he was escorted from the classroom to a special area.