Legal Opinion
Coventry Public Schools v. Rachel J. ex rel. WJ
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided September 28, 2012No. C.A. No. 11-259-MPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*324 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN J. McCONNELL, JR., District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment (ECF Nos. 16 and 19) that arise from the decision (“Decision”) of an Impartial Due Process Hearing Officer (“Hearing Officer”) (ECF No. 1-1) who ruled that the parents’ (“Parents”) unilateral placement of their child (“Billy”1) in the F.L. Chamberlain School (“Chamberlain School”), an out-of-state therapeutic residential school in Middleboro, Massachusetts, was necessary to afford him a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) under the Individuals with…
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