· 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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