Petit v. U.S. Department of Education

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Granting the Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment on the Idea Claim; Denying the Plaintiffs’ Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment on the Idea Claim

RICARDO M. URBINA, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter concerns a regulation promulgated by the U.S. Department of Education (“the Department”) that excludes cochlear implant mapping as a service covered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“the IDEA” or “the Act”), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq. The plaintiffs, parents of children with cochlear im plants, argue that the regulation violates the IDEA and the…