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Education

Nov. 30, 2005

To Challenge Education Plans, Take Advantage of 'Safeguards'

Focus Column - By David M. Grey - The party that challenges an "individualized educational program" - a program created by a public school to accommodate a student's special needs - has the burden of proving the program's inadequacy in an administrative hearing, according to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision of Schaffer v. Weast , 2005 DJDAR 13287.

        
Focus Column

By David M. Grey
        
        The party that challenges an "individualized educational program" - a program created by a public school to accommodate a student's special needs - has the burden of proving the program's inadequacy in an administrative hearing, according to...

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