by law_ewoxi5 | Sep 14, 2012 | Education Law News, News
Original article appeared On Modbee.com on 9/14/2012 Modesto City Schools trustees unanimously decided Thursday morning to fill the seat of Cathy Flores Hallinan with a provisional appointment, avoiding an estimated $125,000 cost to hold a special election. Hallinan...
by law_ewoxi5 | Sep 13, 2012 | Education Law News, News, Special Education News
Many parents of special needs children are caught off guard when a school district tells them they will be charged a fee for copies of their child’s student records. After all, isn’t public education, particularly for special education students, supposed...
by law_ewoxi5 | Sep 12, 2012 | Education Law News, News, Special Education News
NOTE: the following discussion of ESY is specific to California. The law in other states may or may not be different. What is ESY? Extended School Year (ESY) services are special education and related services provided by school districts, special education local plan...
by law_ewoxi5 | Sep 12, 2012 | Education Law News, News, Special Education News
What happens to your child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) when you move to a new school district? In California, the answer partly depends on whether you transfer from a school district within the boundaries of one Special Education Local Plan Area...
by law_ewoxi5 | Sep 8, 2012 | Education Law News, News, Special Education News
It is no surprise for those of us who work in the field of Special Education to learn that an estimated 1 in 88 children suffers from autism. As a special education lawyer, the prevalence of this disorder and the toll it takes on families is evident as I work day in...
by law_ewoxi5 | Jun 6, 2011 | Education Law News, News
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 6, 2011 rejected a challenge to a California law that gives illegal immigrants the same in-state college tuition rates as legal state residents, another contentious issue in the nation’s immigration policy debate. The justices...
