Summary: On April 26, 2023, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California held a District liable for denying a student a Free and Appropriate Public Education (“FAPE”) as the student’s Individualized Education …
Summary: On November 21, 2022, the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District finalized a settlement agreement with the parents of a student who tragically lost their life due to an asthma attack while on campus. The …
Summary: On December 30, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the school district in Capistrano School District v. S.W. 2021 WL 6141122, where the Parents unilaterally placed their child in …
Background: Many employers are asking whether they can require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The answer appears to be a qualified “yes.” The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (“EEOC”), the federal agency responsible for enforcing …
Summary: Recently, the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) has held in two cases that a student was denied a free appropriate public education (FAPE) because the Local Educational Agency (LEA) changed the student’s educational program …
Summary: On June 26, 2020, the First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeals denied the parents’ appeal seeking to recover damages from a school district after their child tragically committed suicide. (Neeley v. …
Summary: On November 18, 2019, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California granted a Local Educational Agency’s (LEA) summary judgment motion because the teenage plaintiff could not establish that the school violated …