Siobhan Holland v. District of Columbia and Franklin L. Smith, Superintendent, District of Columbia Public Schools

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

The parents of Siobhan Holland, an emotionally troubled teenage girl, allege that the District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”) violated procedural and substantive requirements of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. (1994) (“IDEA” or “Act”), and that those violations entitle the parents to reimbursement for the costs they incurred placing Siobhan in an appropriate private residential educational setting. Despite finding that the residential school constituted an appropriate placement…