Straube v. Florida Union Free School District

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1401 et seq., requires participating state and local educational agencies “to assure that handicapped children and their parents or guardians are guaranteed a free appropriate public education.” Id. § 1415(a). In addition, IDEA gives the parents of handicapped children the right to participate in the development of an “individualized education program” (“IEP”) for the child and permits them to challenge in administrative and court proceedings a proposed IEP with which they disagree. Id. §…