N.E. Ex Rel. C.E. v. Seattle School District

Dissent by Judge BERZON

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff N.E. is a child with a disability who, in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), has received a series of Individualized Education Programs (“IEP”). In May 2015, three-and-a-half weeks before the 2014-15 school year ended, the Bellevue School District produced an IEP for N.E. that encompassed two stages: The first stage would begin immediately and the second would begin at the start of the 2015-16 school year. N.E.’s parents, Plaintiffs C.E. and P.E., allowed their son to finish the school year in…