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· 5/10/1990

John Doe, a Minor, by and Through His Parent and Next Friend, Mary Doe v. I

Citations

  • 898 F.2d 1186

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  • noting that student's most recent grades were known by both his parents and school offi- cials
  • noting that it would “exalt form over substance” to ignore information known to parents and administrators simply because it was not contained in the four corners of the IEP
  • explaining that procedural claims concern “the process by which the IEP is produced, rather than the myriad of technical items that must be included in the written document”
  • noting that it would “exalt form over substance” to ig- nore information known to parents and administrators simply because it was not contained in the four corners of the IEP
  • declining to \exalt form over substance\ by holding that technical deviations from the Act's procedural requirements render an IEP invalid
  • declining to “exalt form over substance” by holding that technical deviations from the Act’s procedural requirements render an IEP invalid

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Judges: Kennedy, Guy, Boggs

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