Patricia P. v. Board Of Education Of Oak Park And River Forest High School District No. 200

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• finding court has discretion to determine whether to allow evidence beyond the administrative record, so long as the evidence would not change the character of the hearing from one of review to a trial de novo
• “[C]ourts do not have special expertise in the area of educational policy, they must give ‘due weight’ to the results of the administrative decisions.”
• “[A] school district is . . . bound by the IDEA’s preference for a cooperative placement process: this Court will look harshly upon any party’s failure to reasonably co- operate with another’s diligent execution of their rights and obligations under the IDEA.”

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