Christopher W. v. Portsmouth School Committee, Etc.

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• stating that exhaustion may not be required for review of such policies if they present \ a pure matter of law \ (quoting Ezratty v. Comm. of P.R. , 648 F.2d 770 , 774 (1st Cir. 1981) )
• finding that the exhaustion of the administrative process would cause the litigant “severe or irreparable harm,” such as the existence of “an emergency situation [] (e.g., the failure to take immediate action will adversely affect a child’s mental or physical health).”
• concerning exhaustion requirement under the IDEA's predecessor statute, the Education for All Handicapped Children's Act
• where school district did not refuse to hold a due process hearing and did not maliciously or deliberately interfere with [IDEA’s] procedural safeguard, plaintiffs failed to satisfy the futility exception

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