Now that many of us have been doing some form of remote learning for close to 7 months, we are starting to see hearing officers and state agencies weigh in to resolve complaints related to the appropriateness of remote...more
Late last month, more than 100 parents of students with disabilities commenced a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against “every school district in the United States” and...more
And so it begins. While we have encouraged schools to focus on meeting student needs during the school closure and planning to meet student needs when we return to school buildings, we knew the temptation to jump ahead to...more
Effective March 16, 2020, all public and nonpublic elementary and secondary school buildings in Michigan were closed to students for educational purposes through April 5, 2020, to address the COVID-19 outbreak in Michigan....more
There is a classic New Yorker cartoon in which an executive, discussing on the phone a possible meeting, says: “How about never – is never good for you?” This cartoon comes to mind when considering the requirement to hold...more
Connecticut’s mandated closing of school districts up to March 31, 2020 in response to COVID-19 – more colloquially known as the Coronavirus – has left school districts struggling with how they can best continue to provide...more
In the wake of Governor Pritzker’s recent order requiring all Illinois schools to close between March 17 and March 30, many schools and school districts have been left guessing how to best serve students with disabilities and...more