Legal Opinion
S.P. ex rel. M.P. v. Knox Cnty. Bd. of Educ.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided May 14, 2019No. 3:17-CV-100 REEVES/POPLINPublished
1Opinion of the Court
Pamela L. Reeves, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiffs allege that Knox County has a policy and practice of busing children with epilepsy from schools without nurses to schools with nurses for administration of the medication Diastat. Plaintiffs contend this practice violates the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and incorporated state law, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Defendants moved for summary judgment on plaintiffs' claims. The court granted defendant Tennessee Department of Education's (TDOE)…
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- Fry v. Napoleon Community SchoolsSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
- In Re SaffadyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
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- Jane Luna v. Ricky BellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
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