AP: (Supreme) Court to Hear Special Ed Tuition Case [View All]

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Court to Hear Special Ed Tuition Case

Monday, February 26, 2007


(02-26) 08:02 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether taxpayers must
reimburse parents who enrolled their learning-disabled student in private
school after deciding public schools were unable to meet the child's needs.

New York City's board of education asked the justices to take the case
after a federal appeals court said tuition reimbursement is available to the
parents under the Individuals With Disabilities Act.

Lawyers for the boy's parents said the special education program proposed
by the public school system was inadequate to meet the child's needs,
prompting them to send him to a private school. The parents say that
under federal law, they may challenge inappropriate proposals and obtain
reimbursement for the costs of placement in private school.

The child is identified in court papers only as Gilbert F.

The case is Board of Education v. Tom F. on behalf of Gilbert F., 06-637.

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