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New Federal Guidance from OSEP: a COVID-19 Q&A

October 2, 2020 by Jeremy Neff

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) published a new COVID-19 Q&A on September 28, 2020 (OSEP QA 20-01). While OSEP explicitly cautions that the Q&A “is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements,” it nonetheless provides insights on how long-standing rules and laws will be applied […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 (Coronavirus), General, Special Education Tagged With: Coronavirus, IDEA, Special Education

IDEA Flexibility Amidst COVID-19

April 17, 2020 by Jeremy Neff

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020. Part of the act directs U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to submit a report to Congress. The report, that must be submitted by the end of April, is to make recommendations for any additional waivers that might be […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Legislation, Special Education Tagged With: CARES Act, COVID-19, IDEA

Doe v. Ohio Department of Education

March 25, 2020 by Jeremy Neff

The long-running Doe v. Ohio Department of Education litigation was back in the news earlier this month. The settlement became final and effective nearly three decades after the lawsuit was initially filed. Ennis Britton previously notified clients of the proposed settlement in December when the Ohio Department of Education’s Chief Legal Counsel sent a notice […]

Filed Under: General, Special Education, Student Education and Discipline

COVID-19 Update: What About Required 504 or IEP Meetings?

March 12, 2020 by Erin Wessendorf-Wortman

It should come to no one’s surprise that the state and federal laws do not allow for exceptions to the required timelines for ETRs, IEPs, etc. As discussed in other posts, in December 2009, in response to the H1N1 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education issued a memo titled “Guidance on Flexibility and Waivers for […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Special Education, Student Education and Discipline

COVID-19 Update: Services for Special Education Students

March 12, 2020 by Jeremy Neff

UPDATE (3/12/20 at 6:20 PM): At 6 PM on March 12 the US Department of Education released new guidance on special education and COVID-19 that is available here. In the past 48 hours it seems as if the already rapidly developing story of COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, has accelerated even more. With major spectator events […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 (Coronavirus), General, Special Education, Student Education and Discipline Tagged With: Closure, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Ohio, School, Special Education

Food Allergies and Special Education

December 20, 2019 by Hollie Reedy

Students with food allergies may be eligible for special education supports and protections. For instance, a student could be IDEA- eligible as “other health impaired” if the allergies adversely affect learning or the student needs special education/related services due to the allergies. More commonly, students with food allergies may be eligible for a 504 plan if they have a physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

Filed Under: Special Education

Service Animals vs. Pet Allergies – Who Wins?

December 17, 2018 by Jeremy Neff

School districts frequently ask how to balance the rights of a person who brings a service animal onto school grounds against the rights of others. For example, if one child in a classroom is allergic to pet dander, but another child demands to bring her service dog to school, whose rights prevail? These concerns are […]

Filed Under: Board Policy & Representation, Special Education

Service Animals in Schools

November 6, 2018 by Pamela Leist

In October, a flight from Charlotte to Cleveland was delayed when a woman carrying what she characterized as an emotional support animal refused to deplane from the aircraft. Although the airline permits air travel for emotional support animals, the passenger failed to tell employees that her support animal was a squirrel. The airline does not […]

Filed Under: Special Education

Endrew F.: Where Is It Now?

February 21, 2018 by Erin Wessendorf-Wortman

As many in education are aware, on March 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court published an opinion in a significant special education case: Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE–1, 580 U.S. ___ (2017). This decision clarified the standard for a free appropriate public education (FAPE) for students with disabilities: To meet its substantive […]

Filed Under: Special Education

IDEA, Child Find, and Evaluations

January 23, 2018 by Jeremy Neff

During Ennis Britton’s October 2017 Special Education Symposium, participants around the state were given the opportunity to submit questions on note cards. Because of time constraints and the large response, our Special Education Team was not able to address all of these questions during the presentations. In the coming months we will address some of […]

Filed Under: Special Education

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