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Direct linkYell, 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
Sayeski, Kristin L.; Bateman, David F.; Yell, Mitchell L. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2019
The Supreme Court decision in "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" (2017) established a higher standard of what constitutes an appropriate education for students receiving special education. In contrast to the previous standard provided in the "Board of Education v. Rowley" (1982) decision, which established that…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Court Litigation, Special Education Teachers, Teaching Skills
Yell, Mitchell L.; McNamara, Scott; Prince, Angela M. T. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that school districts provide eligible students with specially designed instruction that confers a free appropriate public education (FAPE). Depending on the unique needs of a student, FAPE may include physical education services. The IDEA also requires that a student's individualized…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Adapted Physical Education, Individualized Education Programs, Equal Education
Kern, Laura; Yell, Mitchell L. – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2020
This Practice Brief was developed as a result of the roundtable dialogue that occurred at the 2019 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Leadership Forum in Chicago, Illinois, and is not intended to provide comprehensive legal guidance. Districts/schools should consult with their district's legal resources for deciding on legal…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Positive Behavior Supports, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2019
Special education has been the subject of many rulings in federal courts. These rulings have greatly affected the practice of special education. The most important of these cases have come from the U.S. Supreme Court, which thus far has heard 12 cases directly affecting special education. This article examines the most important of these special…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Special Education, Laws, School Law
Harmon, Shannon; Street, Michelle; Bateman, David; Yell, Mitchell L. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
One of the most important elements of an individualized education program (IEP) is the section on present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP). A well-crafted PLAAFP statement should summarize all aspects of a student's present levels of performance in order to identify the strengths and needs of the student as well…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Educational Assessment
Yell, Mitchell L.; Bateman, David – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
This article begins with a scenario depicting the difficulties encountered by a young student in the Douglas County School District in Castle Rock, Colorado, named Endrew (called Drew by his parents). This situation, which began at Drew's individualized education program (IEP) meeting at Summit Ridge Elementary School when he was in fourth grade,…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Individualized Education Programs, Equal Education, Access to Education
Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Ennis, Robin Parks; Losinski, Mickey; Bateman, David – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
The goal of this article is to assist individualized education program (IEP) team personnel to not make errors in the placement of students. To do so the authors: (1) describe what a placement decision is and who makes the decision; (2) review the placement requirements of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2006); (3) examine…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Placement, Individualized Education Programs, Decision Making
Goran, Lisa; Harkins Monaco, Elizabeth A.; Yell, Mitchell L.; Shriner, Jim; Bateman, David – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
The primary message of the Supreme Court's ruling in "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" (hereinafter "Endrew F.," 2017) was that school districts are obligated to "offer an IEP [individualized education program] that is reasonably calculated to enable the child to make progress appropriate in light of the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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
Yell, Mitchell L.; Bateman, David; Shriner, Jim – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
This article concludes this special issue by highlighting some of the most important points from the U.S. Supreme Courts decision in "Board of Education v. Rowley" (1982) and "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" (2017) but also discussing another crucial point to which school district personnel must adhere to ensure…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Program Development, Program Implementation, School Districts
Yell, Mitchell L.; Bateman, David F. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2017
Thirty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in "Rowley" (1982). The case, which was the first special education case to be heard by the Court, ruled on the question of what constituted Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for students with disabilities under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Public Education, Court Litigation, Educational Legislation
Yell, Mitchell L. – Behavioral Disorders, 2019
In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled on a special education case Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. In this important case, the High Court addressed the degree of educational benefit necessary for a school district to fulfill the requirements for a free appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act…
Descriptors: School Districts, Individualized Education Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Yell, Mitchell L.; Collins, James; Kumpiene, Gerda; Bateman, David – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
This article begins by describing a scenario in which a fourth-grade learning disabled student's individualized education program (IEP) team came together to develop his IEP and in so doing made a number of procedural and substantive errors. The purpose of this article is to examine the procedural and substantive requirements of the Individuals…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Losinski, Mickey; Marshall, Kelsey – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2016
This article examines a case out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: "Ridley School District v. M.R and J.R. ex rel. E.R." (2012). The case is the first circuit court case in which the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act requirement that special education services be based on peer-reviewed research…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Educational Research, Court Litigation, Federal Legislation
