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· 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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