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Yell, Mitchell L.; Prince, Angela M. T.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
Five days after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in "M.C. v. Antelope Valley Union High School District." This important decision involved a student who was being served under the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs
Tessie Rose Bailey; Zachary Weingarten – National Center on Intensive Intervention, 2022
The 2017 Supreme Court decision "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" highlighted the importance of monitoring students' progress toward appropriately challenging individualized educational program (IEP) annual goals and making changes to students' educational programs when needed. The process for setting an IEP goal should be…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Quality, Individualized Education Programs, Court Litigation
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Kaminer, Debbie – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2023
This article uses the question "Can government and businesses mandate the COVID-19 vaccine?" as a starting point for an interdisciplinary lesson appropriate for a variety of business law classes. This lesson includes several important overlapping learning goals: (1) It expands students' ability to analyze how the complexity associated…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Disease Control
Francisco C. Vicente – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A 2017 landmark case with the United States Supreme Court, Endrew vs. Douglas, would fundamentally change the provisions for a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) for students with disabilities. Under Endrew vs. Douglas, special education services must confer academic and functional benefit. Emotional Impairment (EI) is one of 13…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Fine, Cindy – Education Law Center, 2019
The information provided in this guide helps explain the laws affecting the rights of students with disabilities in transition planning cases in New Jersey. Sections include: (1) What Does "Transition" Mean for High School Students with Disabilities? (2) When Must Transition Planning and Transition Services Begin? (3) What Is the…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Planning, Students with Disabilities, High School Students
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Corr, Catherine; Danner, Natalie – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Abuse or neglect and disability often go hand in hand. Unfortunately, most professionals who work with maltreated young children are not aware of early childhood and disability-related resources and services available. In order to raise awareness across early childhood and child welfare systems, a five-week advanced training for volunteer child…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Advocacy, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Cobb, Casey D.; Bifulco, Robert; Bell, Courtney – Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2009
As of October 2007, 54 interdistrict magnet schools enrolling 18,928 students were operating in Connecticut. The bulk of these schools are located in the Hartford and New Haven areas--21 in the Hartford area and 17 in the New Haven area. Interdistrict magnets also serve significant numbers of students in the Waterbury region. In keeping with the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Magnet Schools, School Desegregation, Reading Achievement
Pexton, Elizabeth A.; Gossweiler, Robert – 2001
In October 1999, National Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (TASC), in cooperation with the Office of Justice Programs, Drug Courts Program Office and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, developed and distributed a questionnaire designed to describe substance abuse…
Descriptors: Adults, Correctional Rehabilitation, Court Litigation, Court Role
Passantino, Claire; Kenyon, Susan – Education Law Center, 2004
The goal of this guide is to provide information, support and practical tools that may help educators design, implement, and evaluate their school's standards-based education program. In order to work, a comprehensive, standards-based educational program must, by definition, be the organizing structure upon which the school program operates.…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, School Activities, Community Schools, Classroom Observation Techniques
Biagini, Joyce; And Others – 1991
A revision of a manual first produced in 1980, this guide is designed to help local school districts in Minnesota meet the educational needs of their limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in academically and administratively expedient ways. The chapters in the manual, which correspond to topics pertinent to designing and maintaining an LEP…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1986
A review was conducted of methods used by the U.S. Department of Education and by state or private nonprofit loan guarantee agencies to protect the federal government's interest when collecting defaulted student loans under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program. Questionnaires were sent to 58 guarantee agencies that administer the program to…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Students, Court Litigation, Credit (Finance)
Yu, Ming; Maddahian, Ebrahim – 1998
The School Readiness Language Development Program is one of several programs developed by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in response to the original court order to integrate LAUSD schools. The program includes oral language opportunities for 4-year-olds, a parent education component, a staff development component, and an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Language Proficiency, Outcomes of Education
Kolbe, Tammy; McLaughlin, Margaret J.; Mason, Loretta M. – Education Law Center, 2007
The Education Law Center (ELC) sought an independent review of special education funding in New Jersey as part of a larger group of studies intended to critique the cost study conducted by Augenblick and Palaich and Associates (APA) and the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) and inform the ongoing public debate. In doing so, ELC recognized…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Policy Analysis, Program Effectiveness
Lucas, Tamara; Villegas, Ana Maria – Education Law Center, 2004
In 1999-2000, over one-third of all students in the 30 Abbott districts spoke a native language other than English, and more than one-tenth were considered limited English proficient (LEP). The proportions of LEP students varied considerably across the districts, but they comprised between 5% and 29% of total enrollments in 18 of the districts.…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Resource Materials, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Seldin, Peter – 1984
A guide to understanding and improving faculty evaluation procedures at all types of colleges and universities is presented. The causes of today's crisis in higher education and survival strategies are reviewed, and the search for solvency is related to major changes in assessing faculty performance. The proliferation of court challenges to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Court Litigation, Educational Change, Employment Practices
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