Friday, September 09, 2011

Ninth Circuit -- MICHAEL P. V. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, STATE OF HAWAII

State agency violated IDEA by exclusively weighing claim based on discrepancy between student's performance with dyslexia and her putative performance without the disability.

Dissent: As this rule doesn't apply to local districts, it unfairly impacts Hawaii statewide single district.

MICHAEL P. V. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, STATE OF HAWAII
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