Ashland School District v. Parents of Student R.J.

OPINION AND ORDER (Sealed Case)

PANNER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Ashland School District (the “District”) brings this action under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1415®. The nominal defendant is a teenage student who, for privacy reasons, will be referred to by the pseudonym “R.J.” 1

On December 8, 2006, a state Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) ruled that the District had failed to offer R.J. what the IDEA characterizes as a “Free Appropriate Public Education.”

The ALJ concluded R.J.’s parents (“Parents”) were legally justified in removing R.J. from the…