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Special Education Law Blog

A fresh look at special education law. Jim Gerl is a frequent speaker on special ed law topics. He has presented at many national and regional conferences, given interviews in various publications and he has consulted with a number of state education agencies.
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Author: Jim Gerl
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More on Standards of Care for Disability Categories- a Responsible Opposing Viewpoint

Nov 18, 2009
We have some great readers. Hers is just one example: I ran a post a few days back on the recommendations for changes to IDEA by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. You can view that post here. They had some good ideas, I felt,...

Charter Schools & Special Education: Part II

Nov 16, 2009
This is the second in a series of posts on charter schools inspired by the excellent, recent law review article by my friend professor Mark Weber. You can read the first post in this series here. Professor Weber's article may be found here. The...

Service Dog Wins Lawsuit; Illinois Court Rules

Nov 14, 2009
A court in Douglas County, Illinois has ruled that Kaleb Drew, a first grader with autism can have his service dog attend classes with him. The final injunction was issued by the trial court last week. Here is the news story from radio station WGIL. ...

Changes to IDEA - Principals Weigh In; What Changes Would You Make?

Nov 12, 2009
It is time to begin thinking about what changes you would like to see in the special education laws. IDEA will be reauthorized soon. I know that Congress has been busy with a lot of other stuff, but it is eventually going to come up. In our great...

The Price of Justice: Backdoor Effects of the Recession on Special Education

Nov 9, 2009
Maybe I wasn't looking in the right place. I was expecting that the severe downturn in the economy would cause a movement to permit school districts to argue that expense or cost should be a defense in special education cases. I even ran a poll in...


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