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· 7/30/1991

Andrew Jenkins, Officially, Superintendent D.C. Public Schools v. Theresa M. Squillacote

Citations

  • 935 F.2d 303
  • 290 U.S. App. D.C. 137

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that when a child would remain eligible under IDEA for at least eleven more years, there was a reasonable expectation that there would be more conflict over his educational needs
  • holding that the superintendent’s challenge to an HOD was not moot, even though the school year had ended because the controversy was “capable of repetition, yet evading review”
  • applying exception where “both litigants readily agreed that [the controversy] . . . is a recurring one”
  • describing the contested legal question as “the degree of specificity required of the District in providing notice to parents under the IDEA”
  • inquiry is not whether another placement may be “more appropriate or better able to serve the child”
  • \the degree of specificity required of the District in providing notice to parents under the IDEA\

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Judges: Edwards, Buckley, Randolph

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