New IDEA Rules Clarify Parents’ Right to Revoke Consent to Services

The IDEA requires parental consent before a child receives special education and related services. But the IDEA statute does not say what a Local Education Agency (LEA) should do when a child is receiving special education services and the parent revokes consent to those services. New IDEA regulations, effective December 31, 2008, clarify that parents may unilaterally withdraw their consent [...]

Section 504 and Providing Health Related Services to Students with Disabilities

     In my last post I discussed a California court decision that overturned  guidance issued by the California Department of Education directing  California schools to allow trained lay people to administer insulin to students with diabetes. The court ruled that under California law only nurses could administer insulin. I noted that Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities [...]