Cave v. East Meadow Union Free Sch. Dist., No. 07-1120

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Cave v. East Meadow Union Free Sch. Dist., No. 07-1120

Challenge to denial of motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining defendants from denying one plaintiff entry to his high school and any school facility while accompanied by his service dog, is remanded as complaint must be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction due to plaintiffs’ failure to exhaust the administrative remedies available to them under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Read more…

 

New York to eliminate special-services funding for home-schooled

Some 450 children with special needs who are schooled at home will no longer be eligible for free therapy and other services, a New York state board ruled. The ruling grew out of a recent case in which an upstate district argued that although IDEA requires districts to provide services to publicly and privately schooled children, it says nothing about home-schoolers.New York Daily News (1/16)The Regents memo is available here.