Light v. Parkway C-2 School District

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns a school district’s attempt to change the educational placement of an allegedly dangerous mentally disabled child. Two issues are raised on appeal: (1) whether the Supreme Court’s holding in Honig v. Doe, 484 U.S. 305, 108 S.Ct. 592, 98 L.Ed.2d 686 (1988), requires a district court to find that a child is not only “substantially likely to cause injury” but also “truly dangerous” before sanctioning a transfer, and (2) whether a school district must make a reasonable accommodation of the child’s disability before it can change her placement. We…