Puffer v. Raynolds

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MAZZONE, District Judge.

I

This is a case concerning the education of Lynne C. in the Bedford Public schools. At the end of the 1985-86 academic year, Lynne C., then a senior, was issued a high school diploma. She contends that the issuance of this diploma, and the events leading up to it, was a violation of her rights under federal and state law to obtain special education services in the public schools of the Commonwealth.

Lynne C. pursued state administrative remedies prior to the advent of this action, appealing first to the Bureau of Special Education Appeals (“BSEA”)…