Legal Opinion
Ashland School District v. Parents of Student R.J.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 7, 2009No. 08-35937PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the district court abused its discretion by denying reimbursement for private-school tuition to the parents of a student eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
I
A
R.J. was born in 1989 and adopted by her parents at the age of four-and-a-half. As a second grader in Saginaw, Michigan, R.J. was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (“ADHD”).
In 2001, R.J. and her parents moved to Ashland, Oregon, where R.J. enrolled in the Ashland School District (“ASD”). A school psychologist noted that R.J.…
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