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An Independent School's Guide to Evaluating Federal Financial Assistance

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Generally, independent schools intentionally refrain from participating in the majority of federal funding programs, preserving their ability to ensure the educational program is provided in a manner that is reflective of...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

COVID-19 Does Not Excuse Special Education Duties

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A.N. v. Upper Merion Area School District, 2022 WL 3371612 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 16, 2022). The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania upheld a hearing officer’s award of 5.5 hours of compensatory...more

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Increased Focus For School Website Accessibility

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Recently, website accessibility has become a hot topic for schools across the country. Over the last year, the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR), has escalated the legal expectation that...more

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New Guidance Issued by the Department of Education on the Rights of Students with Disabilities

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At the end of last month, the Department of Education released three new sets of guidance on the federal civil rights laws that govern students with disabilities. All three offer valuable information about current and...more

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NSBA to OCR: Standard for Addressing Requests for Technology by Students With a Communication Impairment is Off Key

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Readers of our FR Alerts may remember my colleague Kendra B. Yoch authored an Alert in 2013 about a set of outlier cases in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, K.M. v. Tustin Unified School District and D.H. v. Poway Unified...more

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