John A. Ex Rel. A.A. v. Board of Education

We issued a writ of certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals, before it decided the appeal in this case, to consider whether the Circuit Court for Howard County erred when it affirmed the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) order dismissing Appellants’ due process complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 to 1419 (2000 & Supp. IV 2004), 1 , 2 and its Maryland counterpart, Maryland Code (1978, 2006 RepLVol.), Education Article (“Education”), §§ 8-401 to 8-417. 3 , 4 The basis for the ALJ’s conclusion was…