1. SPECIAL EDUCATION legal remedies
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SPECIAL EDUCATION legal remedies
EQUIP FOR EQUALITY DISABILITY RIGHTS CONSORTIUM
MAY 30, 2018
MARK C. WEBER
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW

2. Remedies: The Big Five Prospective Relief Compensatory Education
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Remedies: The Big Five
Prospective Relief
Compensatory Education
Tuition Reimbursement
Attorneys’ Fees
Compensatory Damages

3. Prospective Orders Basics Evaluations and Independent Evaluations
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Prospective Orders
Basics
Evaluations and Independent Evaluations
34 C.F.R. §
Phillip C. v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Educ.
New IEPs
Maintenance of Placement
20 U.S.C. § 1415(j), Honig v. Doe,
Board of Educ. of Jacksonville Sch. Dist. v. C.P.
Student Discipline
Honig v. Doe, S-1 v. Turlington
20 U.S.C. § 1415(k), 34 C.F.R. §§
Prospective Placement & Services
Burlington Sch. Comm. v. Department of Educ.
Class Action Relief – Marie O., Corey H., Jamie S.

4. Prospective Orders Developments
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Prospective Orders
Developments
Evaluations – Lawrence Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. McDaniel
Student Discipline – Case No
Class Action Relief
DL v. District of Columbia
D.R. v. Michigan Dep’t of Educ.
Stanek v. St. Charles Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 303

5. Compensatory Education
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Compensatory Education
Basics
Board of Educ. of Oak Park-River Forest High School v. Illinois State Bd. of Educ.
Evanston Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. No. 65 v. Michael M.
Reid v. District of Columbia
Petrina W. v. City of Chicago Public School District 299
Boose v. District of Columbia
M.S. v. Utah Sch. for the Deaf & Blind
Developments
Butler v. District of Columbia
H.L. v. Marlboro Twp. Bd. of Educ.
Illinois IHO Decisions

6. Tuition Reimbursement
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Tuition Reimbursement
Basics
Burlington Sch. Comm. v. Department of Educ.
Florence Cnty. Sch. Dist. Four v. Carter
20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(10)(C)
Forest Grove Sch. Dist. v. T.A.
Developments
Illinois IHO Decisions

7. Attorneys’ Fees Basics Developments 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(3)(B)-(G)
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Attorneys’ Fees
Basics
20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(3)(B)-(G)
§ 1415(i)(3)(D)-(E) (offer of settlement)
McCartney C. v. Herrin Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 4
Buckhannon Bd. & Care Home v. West Virginia Dep’t of Health & Human Res.
Developments
Rena C. v. Colonial Sch. Dist.
M.R. v. Ridley Sch. Dist.

8. Compensatory Damages Basics Developments Section 504-ADA Title II
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Compensatory Damages
Basics
Section 504-ADA Title II
Title VI, Title IX
Constitutional Claims
State Law Claims
Developments
J.S. III v. Houston Cnty. Bd. of Educ.
I.L. v. Knox Cnty. Bd. of Educ.
Davis v. Peoria Sch. Dist. 150

9. Other National Developments
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Other National Developments
Child-Find – Eligibility
Durbrow v. Cobb Cnty. Sch. Dist.
Mr. P v. West Hartford Bd. of Educ.
Free, Appropriate Public Education
Endrew F. v. Douglas Cnty. Sch. Dist. RE-1
Z.B. v. District of Columbia
M.L. v. Smith
Parentally Chosen Private Schools
Special Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. R.M.M.
IEP Process – LRE
R.E.B. v. Hawaii Dep’t of Educ.

10. Other National Developments
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Other National Developments
Exhaustion
Fry v. Napoleon Cmty. Schs.
Wellman v. Butler Area Sch. Dist.
Preclusion
Pollack v. Regional Sch. Unit 75

11. Other Illinois Developments
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Other Illinois Developments
Free, Appropriate Public Education
Case No
Other Illinois IHO Decisions
IEP Process
Jackson v. Chicago Pub. Schs.
Illinois IHO Decisions
Section 504-ADA and Residency
H.P. v. Naperville Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 203
Section 504-ADA and Athletics
A.H. v. Illinois High Sch. Ass’n
Constitutional Claims – Settlement
Considine-Brechon v. Dixon Pub. Sch. Dist. No. 170

12. Citations (c) Mark C. Weber 2018 Cases
A.H. v. Illinois High Sch. Ass’n, 881 F.3d 587, 71 IDELR 121 (7th Cir. 2018) (Bauer)
Board of Educ. of Jacksonville Sch. Dist. v. C.P., No. 3:15-CV-3228, 2016 WL (C.D. Ill. Jan. 14, 2016) (Meyerscough)
Board of Educ. of Oak Park-River Forest High School v. Illinois State Bd. of Educ., 79 F.3d 654, 23 IDELR 1118 (7th Cir. 1996)
Boose v. District of Columbia, 786 F.3d 1054, 65 IDELR 191 (D.C. Cir. 2015)
Buckhannon Bd. & Care Home v. West Virginia Dep’t of Health & Human Res., 532 U.S. 598, 35 IDELR 160 (2001)
Burlington Sch. Comm. v. Department of Educ., 471 U.S. 359, 556 IDELR 389 (1985)
Butler v. District of Columbia, 275 F. Supp. 3d 1, 70 IDELR 149 (D.D.C. 2017)
Case No (SEA Ill. Apr. 20, 2017) (Maxwell-Wicket)
Case No (SEA Ill. Sept. 23, 2017) (Trinkala)
Considine-Brechon v. Dixon Pub. Sch. Dist. No. 170, No. 16 C 50133, 2017 WL , 70 IDELR 39 (N.D. Ill. June 8, 2017) (Reinhard)
Corey H. v. Board of Educ. of the City of Chi., 534 F.3d 683, 50 IDELR 121 (7th Cir. 2008)
D.R. v. Michigan Dep’t of Educ., No , 2017 WL , 71 IDELR 16 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 29, 2017), stay denied, 2017 WL (E.D. Mich. Nov. 2, 2017), appeals dismissed, Nos , , , 2017 WL (6th Cir. Nov. 28, 2017)
Davis v. Peoria Sch. Dist. 150, No. 1:17–CV–01206–JES–JEH, 2018 WL , 118 LRP (C.D. Ill. Apr. 23, 2018) (Shadid)
DL v. District of Columbia, 860 F.3d 713, 70 IDELR 59 (D.C. Cir. 2017)

13. Citations (c) Mark C. Weber 2018
Durbrow v. Cobb Cnty. Sch. Dist., 887 F.3d 1182, 72 IDELR 1 (11th Cir. 2018)
Endrew F. v. Douglas Cnty. Sch. Dist. RE-1, 137 S. Ct. 988, 69 IDELR 174 (2017)
Evanston Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. No. 65 v. Michael M., 356 F.3d 798, 40 IDELR 175 (7th Cir. 2004)
Florence Cnty. Sch. Dist. Four v. Carter, 510 U.S. 7, 20 IDELR 532 (1993)
Forest Grove Sch. Dist. v. T.A., 557 U.S. 230, 52 IDELR 151 (2009)
Fry v. Napoleon Cmty. Schs., 137 S. Ct. 743, 69 IDELR 116 (2017)
H.L. v. Marlboro Twp. Bd. of Educ., No. 16–9324, 2017 WL , 71 IDELR 42 (D.N.J. Nov. 14, 2017)
H.P. v. Naperville Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 203, No. 17 C 5377, 2018 WL , 71 IDELR 167 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 8, 2018), also 2017 WL , 71 IDELR 65 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 20, 2017) (Gilbert)
Honig v. Doe, 484 U.S. 305, 559 IDELR 231 (1988)
I.L. v. Knox Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 257 F. Supp. 3d 946, 70 IDELR 71 (E.D. Tenn. 2017)
J.S. III v. Houston Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 877 F.3d 979, 70 IDELR 219 (11th Cir. 2017)
Jackson v. Chicago Pub. Schs., No. 15 C 6990, 2017 WL , 70 IDELR 33 (N.D. Ill. June 13, 2017) (Leinenweber)
Jamie S. v. Milwaukee Pub. Schs., 668 F.3d 481, 58 IDELR 91 (7th Cir. 2012)
Lawrence Cnty. Sch. District v. McDaniel, No. 3:17-CV-00004, 2017 WL , 71 IDELR 3 (E.D. Ark. Oct. 26, 2017)
M.L. v. Smith, 867 F.3d 487, 70 IDELR 142 (4th Cir. 2017)
M.R. v. Ridley Sch. Dist., 868 F.3d 218, 70 IDELR 141 (3d Cir. 2017), cert. denied, 138 S. Ct. 752 (2018)
M.S. v. Utah Sch. for the Deaf & Blind, 822 F.3d 1128, 67 IDELR 195 (10th Cir. 2016)
Marie O. v. Edgar, 131 F.3d 610, 27 IDELR 40 (7th Cir. 1997)

14. Citations (c) Mark C. Weber 2018
McCartney C. v. Herrin Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 4, 21 F.3d 173, 20 IDELR 1382 (7th Cir. 1994)
Mr. P v. West Hartford Bd. of Educ., 885 F.3d 735, 71 IDELR 207 (2d Cir. 2018)
Petrina W. v. City of Chi. Pub. Sch. Dist. 299, No. 08 CV 3183, 2009 WL , 53 IDELR 299 (N.D. Ill. 2009)
Phillip C. v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 701 F.3d 691, 60 IDELR 30 (11th Cir. 2012)
Pollack v. Regional Sch. Unit 75, 886 F.3d 75, 71 IDELR 206 (1st Cir. Mar. 26, 2018)
R.E.B. v. Hawaii Dep’t of Educ., 870 F.3d 1025, 70 IDELR 194 (9th Cir. 2017), op. withdrawn & reh’g granted, 886 F.3d 1288, 118 LRP (9th Cir. Apr. 3, 2018)
Reid v. District of Columbia, 401 F.3d 516, 43 IDELR 32 (D.C. Cir. 2005)
Rena C. v. Colonial Sch. Dist., No , 2018 WL , --- F.3d ----, 118 LRP (3d Cir. May 14, 2018)
S-1 v. Turlington, 635 F.2d 342, 552 IDELR 267 (5th Cir. 1981), abrogated in part, Honig v. Doe, supra
Special Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. R.M.M., 861 F.3d 769, 70 IDELR 58 (8th Cir. June 29, 2017)
Stanek v. St. Charles Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 303, No.13-CV-3106, 2017 WL , 71 IDELR 59 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 1, 2017) (Alonso, J.), petition for permission to appeal denied, No (7th Cir. Feb. 6, 2018)
Wellman v. Butler Area Sch. Dist., 877 F.3d 125, 71 IDELR 51 (3d Cir. 2017)
Z.B. v. District of Columbia, 888 F.3d 515, 72 IDELR 27 (D.C. Cir. 2018)
Other References
Illinois IHO Decisions,
Weber, Mark C., Special Education Law and Litigation Treatise (LRP Pubs. 4th ed. 2017)