Combs v. School Board of Rockingham County

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• holding that cases interpreting the attorney’s fee provisions of the IDEA and § 1988 “apply the same principles to determine a plaintiff's entitlement to attorneys’ fees”
• noting IDEA requires that schools establish IEP, review it annually, and revise it when appropriate
• “[T]he school district should have been given notice and the opportunity to rectify the situation before Combs brought an administrative action and subsequent lawsuit”
• “We also accord deference to the policy decisions of a school district when it is acting within the bounds of federal and state law.”
• \The IDEA allows parties to bring an independent action to federal court solely to recover fees incurred in an administrative pro- ceeding.\
• “The IDEA allows parties to bring an independent action in federal court solely to recover fees incurred in an administrative proceeding.”

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