Court Rules Parents Entitled to Private School Tuition Upfront

     In Mr. and Mrs. A v. New York City Department of Education , a United States District Court has ruled that under certain circumstances, when parents cannot afford to make private school tuition payments, the IDEA can require  school districts to make those payments. In this case the 14-year-old student had autism, Asperger’s syndrome, bipolar [...]

OSEP Clarifies that RTI Process Cannot Delay-Deny IDEA Eligibility Evaluation

     Since the Response to Intervention (RTI) process was referred to in the IDEA regulations as a means of  identifying a student as having a specific learning disability, there has been confusion whether school districts can require students to proceed through the RTI process before allowing an evaluation to determine a child’s eligibility for special [...]