Velma Olu-Cole v. E.L. Haynes Public Charter Sc

Millett, Circuit Judge:

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq ., creates a powerful statutory presumption in favor of maintaining the current classroom placement of a student with a disability when the school seeks to change his placement over a parent's objections. 20 U.S.C. § 1415 (j). That presumption is commonly known as the "stay put" requirement. When a child with a disability has been suspended from school, stay put heavily favors promptly returning the child to the classroom. See id. § 1415(k). As an adjunct to stay put, the statute also entitles…