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On March 12, 2007, OLRS filed a friend of the court brief in support of parents of a student with disabilities in the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals case of Deal v. Hamilton County Department of Education. In its brief, OLRS urged the Court to uphold its earlier ruling that a school district's denial of the parents' right to meaningful participation in the educational planning process resulted in the denial of the student's right to a free appropriate public education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The Court granted OLRS leave to file its brief on October 25, 2007. Oral argument is scheduled for November 29, 2007.
This case was brought by the parents over seven years ago as an administrative due process case challenging the school district's failure to provide a free appropriate public education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to Zachary Deal, a child with autism.
Read the motion for leave: Deal v. Hamilton County Department of Education - Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief (PDF file)
Read the Amicus Brief: OLRS brief in support of Deal v. Hamilton County Department of Education (PDF file)
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