Margaret Todd, as Parent and Natural Guardian of R.T. v. Duneland School Corporation and Porter County Education Interlocal

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Margaret Todd unilaterally removed her son, R.T., from the defendants’ school district and sought reimbursement from the defendants for R.T.’s subsequent placement in private school under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. Both the Indiana Board of Special Education Appeals (“BSEA”) and the district court found for the defendants, and we affirm.

I. History

The IDEA represents “an ambitious federal effort to promote the education of handicapped children.” Bd. of Educ. of Hendrick Hudson Cent. Sch. Dist. v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176,…