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Nicole Stelle Garnett; Sean Tehan – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2025
Several provisions of federal education law, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), require public school districts to provide certain educational services to students attending private schools on an "equitable" basis. Both ESEA and IDEA give…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Public Schools
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Zirkel, Perry – Exceptionality, 2022
This article summarizes the applicable judicial analysis for cases in which special education personnel claim that their employing district retaliated against them for advocacy on behalf of students with disabilities. Providing examples of recent relevant court decisions, it traces the applicable essential elements and likely outcomes for such…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Advocacy, Teacher Role, Students with Disabilities
Zirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2015
This fifth article in the series reviewing recent court decisions concerning appropriate school psychology practice from both professional and legal perspectives, asks readers to consider the summary of the Illinois case presented, and the questions and answers that follow. The primary issue is whether the school district's adverse employment…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Legal Responsibility, School Psychologists, School Districts
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
During the 2002-03 school year, Michael B., Rebecca D., and Aldo V. were eighth-graders at the Regional Gifted Center program at the Beaubien School in the Chicago school system. In February, the Beaubien School held an annual contest for eighth-graders to determine the design for the class T-shirt. Michael was disappointed that his design did not…
Descriptors: Censorship, Disabilities, Freedom of Speech, Court Litigation