Legal Opinion
Ridgewood Board of Education v. N.E.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 30, 1999No. 98-6276UnknownCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
I
The issue on appeal is whether Ridge-wood Board of Education provided its student M.E. with a “free appropriate public education” as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C.A. § 1400 et seq. (Supp.1998). The District Court found the board of education satisfied IDEA because it provided M.E. “more than a trivial educational benefit.” Because we hold that IDEA imposes a higher standard, we will vacate and remand.
II
A
M.E. 1 is a seventeen-year old high-school student whose learning disabilities qualify him as a “child[ ]…
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