Trump Administration Weighs in on FAPE, IEPs
December 11, 2017
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop
Nine months after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the right of students with disabilities to a free appropriate public education, the U.S. Department of Education is shedding light on the decision’s implications.
In a new nine-page question and answer document addressing the high court’s opinion in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, federal education officials are offering up their take on how educators, parents and other stakeholders should apply the ruling in real-world situations.
The Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case in March finding that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act provides students with disabilities the right to more than minimal progress from one year to the next….