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Couvillon, Michael A.; Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Preventing School Failure, 2018
Even though special education law is covered in most teacher and administrative certification programs, it is an area that is continually evolving. The results of the 2017 U.S. Supreme Court case "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" will have a lasting impact on the future of special education guidelines; the outcomes of this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Court Litigation, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
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Katsiyannis, Antonis; Losinski, Mickey; Parks Ennis, Robin – Preventing School Failure, 2015
Individualized education programs are considered the cornerstone of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and serve as the means to determine whether qualified students with disabilities receive a Free Appropriate Public Education. This article aims to examine a recent circuit court ruling regarding the applicability of retrospective…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Court Litigation, Educational Practices, Meetings
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Hill, Doris Adams; Hill, Stephanie J. – Preventing School Failure, 2012
The authors examined 62 court cases occurring in 2009 from the LexisNexis database regarding students, ages 3-21 years, with various forms of autism spectrum disorder and violations to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. They analyzed procedural and substantive violations to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the…
Descriptors: Autism, Disabilities, Public Education, Federal Legislation
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Yell, Mitchell L. – Preventing School Failure, 1992
This article discusses how the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) encourages educational reform if that reform is guided by research and improves special education for children with disabilities and examines how the IDEA discourages educational practices that minimize the individual needs of the disabled through standardization of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
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Osborne, Allan G., Jr. – Preventing School Failure, 1995
This analysis of parents' procedural due process rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act examines the 1982 case of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Board of Education versus Rowley and reviews principles concerning parental rights, parental notification, procedural errors, the Individualized Education Program conference…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Confidentiality, Court Litigation, Disabilities