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· 12/12/1995

Siobhan Holland v. District of Columbia and Franklin L. Smith, Superintendent, District of Columbia Public Schools

Citations

  • 71 F.3d 417
  • 315 U.S. App. D.C. 158
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 34741
  • 1995 WL 729858

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that this circuit has ordered reimbursement “where the public agency violated [IDEA] and the parents made an appropriate placement”
  • using term “placement” to refer to specific school in evaluating appropriateness of placement
  • “To qualify for the federal assistance, a participating state must guarantee all children with disabilities the right to a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”
  • The IDEA \does not necessarily guarantee the child [with a disability] the best available education.\
  • The IDEA “does not necessarily guarantee the child [with a disability] the best available education.”
  • The IDEA “does not necessarily guarantee the child [with a disability] the best available education.”

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Judges: Wald, Sentelle, Henderson

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