· 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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