by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | Aug 13, 2014 | Special Education, Student Matters
In a decision issued July 24, 2014, Senior United States District Court Judge Jack Weinstein has authored an opinion proposing a new standard for evaluating whether the IEP of a special education student who has experienced bullying provides that student with a free...
by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | Feb 4, 2013 | Student Matters
Some of you may have noticed that this blog has gone somewhat silent in the last couple of months. It’s not that there haven’t been developments in education law worthy of comment. But business as usual has been difficult to reestablish. Instead, we seem to...
by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | Apr 16, 2012 | Special Education
In a decision issued March 31, 2012, a United States District Court judge has rejected the appeal of the Plainville, Connecticut board of education from a hearing officer’s ruling mandating reimbursement for residential placement at the F.L. Chamberlain School in...
by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | Mar 26, 2012 | Special Education
If you are responsible for the implementation of either IEP’s or Section 504 plans in your school district, at some point, you have probably encountered a situation where a parent refuses to provide consent (or revokes consent) for an IEP, and insists that the...
by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | Sep 7, 2011 | Regular Education
On August 2 we posted an article about a new law set to go into effect in Missouri prohibiting on-line communications between teachers and students that seemed to have some potentially problematic language in it. Late last week a Missouri judge issued an injunction...
by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | Jul 1, 2011 | Student Matters
If you haven’t already, be sure to get a copy of Substitute Bill 1138, Public Act 11-232, effective July 1, 2011, which makes sweeping changes to the State’s anti-bullying statute applicable to public school districts. The new law adds specific prohibitions against...
by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | May 23, 2011 | Special Education
This is one of those (rare) moments where, as a school lawyer, you think common sense has prevailed. We shouldn’t need a decision from a State hearing officer to tell us that once a parent has revoked consent for special education services, then the parent cannot...
by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | Apr 27, 2011 | Student Matters
The next chapter in the continuing saga of Doninger v. Niehoff, et al. was decided and issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on April 25, 2011. You may recall reading about this case in 2008, when the Second Circuit upheld the decision...
by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | Apr 20, 2011 | Special Education
A recent letter issued by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) calls into question the practice of denying a request to evaluate a student for potential learning disabilities based upon the failure of the private school where the child attends to conduct...
by Michelle C. Laubin, Esq. | Jan 12, 2011 | Student Matters
This fall, Connecticut revised the regulations implementing those provisions of Section 10-212a of the General Statutes concerning administration of medications in school by school personnel. The revised regulations require school districts to develop and implement...
