· 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
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- 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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