Legal Opinion
South Kingstown School Committee v. Joanna S.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 9, 2014No. 14-1177PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRON, Circuit Judge.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or. IDEA, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., is a landmark federal statute now twenty-five years old. It offers federal funds to states that agree to provide protections to make sure disabled children receive a “free appropriate public education.” Id. § 1412(1). Rhode Island, where this case arose, accepted IDEA funding and thus agreed to provide those protections. See 21-2-54 R.I.Code R. § 300.2(a). And that sets the stage for this appeal.
The appellee, South Kingstown School Committee, runs one of Rhode Island’s public school…
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