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· 11/9/1993

Florence County School District Four v. Carter Ex Rel. Carter

Citations

  • 510 U.S. 7
  • 114 S. Ct. 361
  • 126 L. Ed. 2d 284
  • 1993 U.S. LEXIS 7154
  • 93 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8329
  • 93 Daily Journal DAR 14208
  • 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 657
  • 62 U.S.L.W. 4001

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that reimbursement may be appropriate even when a child is placed in a private school that has not been approved by the State
  • holding that reimbursement may be appropriate even when a child is placed in a private school that has not been approved by the State
  • holding that prevailing parents are not barred from reimbursement for switching their child to a private school that does not meet the IDEA’S definition of a free and appropriate education
  • holding that prevailing parents are not barred from reim bursement for switching their child to a private school that does not meet the IDEA’s definition of a free and appropriate education
  • holding that parents were not barred from reimbursement just because the private school in which the student was enrolled did not meet the IDEA's definition of a FAPE
  • recognizing that IDEA authorizes courts to “fashion [ ] discretionary equitable relief’

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Judges: O'Connor

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