Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District v. Michael F. B/n/f/ Mr. And Mrs. Barry F.

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• holding that reimbursement may be ordered only if the parents establish that the private school placement was proper under the Act
• holding that the prevailing party could not recover costs for depositions of its own witnesses that it initiated but not announcing a general rule
• finding that the third factor favored the school district because teachers, administrators, and counselors participated in developing a special-education plan
• stating that the district court “is then required to take additional evidence at the request of any party.”
• explaining that the “four factors can serve as indicators of whether an IEP is reasonably calculated to provide a meaningful educational benefit under the IDEA” (emphasis added)
• explaining that an IEP is prepared “at a meeting attended by a qualified representative of the school district, a teacher, the child’s parents or guardians, and, when appropriate, the child himself”

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