Andrew M. v. Delaware County Office of Mental Health & Mental Retardation

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• noting that a plaintiff may use the same conduct as the basis for both an IDEA claim and a Rehabilitation Act claim
• holding that “when a state fails to provide a disabled child with a free and appropriate education, it violates the IDEA” and “it also violates the RA because it is denying a disabled child a guaranteed education merely because of the child’s disability”
• “Section 1415 provides the review process for claims under Part B of the IDEA, which deals with a free and appropriate education . . . .”
• “{E]ven in cases brought under the IDEA . . . a plaintiff must still prove that there was a violation of [Section 504 of] the RA.”
• “[W]hen a state fails to provide a disabled child with a free and appropriate education it violates the IDEA. However, it also violates the [Rehabilitation Act] because it is denying a disabled child a guaranteed education merely because of the child's disability.”

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