· 7/10/2015
Leggett v. District of Columbia
Citations
- 417 App. D.C. 59
- 793 F.3d 59
- 417 U.S. App. D.C. 59
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 11901
- 2015 WL 4153860
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that DCPS was obligated to pay tuition for unilateral private placement where it fails to offer a FAPE
- examining when a parent 4 who “send[s] her child to a private school” may be reimbursed under the IDEA
- examining when a parent who “send[s] her child to a private school” may be reimbursed under the IDEA
- explaining criteria for deciding when reimbursement of the costs of attending a private school is a proper remedy for failure to provide a FAPE
- classifying “a school district’s failure to provide an IEP by the beginning of the school year” as a procedural violation
- requiring tuition reimbursement if “school officials failed to offer the child a [FAPE]”
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Judges: Tatel, Pillard, Edwards
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