Legal Opinion
Leggett v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 10, 2015No. 14-7021PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a recurring issue under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: When a parent chooses, without school officials’ consent, to send her child to a private school, under what circumstances must the school district reimburse the parent for the costs of attending that school? Here, the parent chose a private boarding school, and both a hearing officer and the district court denied reimbursement because, in their view, the child had no need to be in a residential program. On the record before us,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Florence County School District Four v. Carter Ex Rel. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Reid Ex Rel. Reid v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
- Frank G. And Dianne G., Parents of a Disabled Student, Anthony G. v. Board of Education of Hyde Park, Central School District, Docket No. 04-4981-CvCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- T.B. v. Prince George's Cnty. Bd. of Educ.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2018
- Q. C-C. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
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