Webb v. State of Florida

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• finding that the fourth factor favored the school district because, viewed holistically, a student “obtained a high school level education that would have been sufficient for graduation”
• explaining that the IDEA’s “ultimate statutory goal” is “educational benefit, not solely disability remediation”
• holding IDEA substantively complied with where student advanced through regular classes with accommodations, including correction of spelling errors without penalty and extra time for written work, for his difficulty in written expression
• noting that “overall educational benefit, not solely disability remediation, is IDEA’s statutory goal”
• applying the same standard in reviewing a “district court's decision that a school district failed to provide a FAPE under IDEA”
• reversing and explaining that “[f]actual findings made under an erroneous view of controlling legal principles are reviewed de novo”

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