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· 5/17/2012

Ridley School District v. M.R.

Citations

  • 680 F.3d 260
  • 78 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 629
  • 2012 WL 1739709
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9908

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that no child-find violation occurred where the school district “appeared to be invested in addressing [the child’s] needs and provid[ed] appropriate instruction and interventions before rushing to special education identification”
  • stating that “the substantive standards for determining liability under the Rehabilitation Act and the ADA are the same”
  • stating that “[t]he core of the IDEA is the collaborative process that it establishes between parents and schools”
  • stating that an “appropriate” education under Section 504 is one that meets this standard (citations omitted)
  • finding that the child did not have a disability where “although areas of weakness were found, [the child’s] academic skills were generally considered to be in the average range”
  • finding that the child did not have a disability where “although areas of weakness were found, [the child’s] academic skills were generally considered to be in the average range”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Rendell, Fisher, Chagares

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