This winter, the United States Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education jointly released guidance on how school districts can use functional behavioral assessments to best support students. To date, since the transition to the Trump Administration, this guidance has not been rescinded or […]

On October 11, 2023, Berchem Moses secured a hearing officer’s order preventing the retroactive application of Section 47 of Public Act 23-137 concerning which party proceeds first with their evidence in a special education due process hearing to a case that had originally been filed with the Bureau of Special Education on May 1, 2023. […]

This past legislative session, the Connecticut Legislature extended the timeline through which students are eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”).  Per Public Act 23-137, all students remain eligible for special education services under the IDEA: Through the end of the school year[1] during which the student turns 22; or Until […]