Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Schaffer v. Weast and the Burden of Proof for Due Process Hearings

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with disabilities.

Judge-made law.

Public schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2005

Summary:

Discusses the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975, which authorizes State and local aid for special education and related services for children with disabilities; and contains detailed due process protections for children with disabilities and their parents. Examines debate over who bears burden of proof in special education due process hearings, in highlighted by Schaffer volume Weast, Montgomery County Public Schools, in which circuit courts are currently split

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Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Publisher Number:

CRS-2005-AML-0106

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