Hodges Loizzi partner Michelle Todd will share insights and discuss proper techniques when contacting parents during COVID closures in an IAASE Round Table Discussion on December 16, 2020 from 12:00-3:00 PM.
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Hodges Loizzi attorneys will discuss the Biden Administration’s possible changes to K-12 schools along with new initiatives that may be put into place over the next year.
At our annual year-in-review seminar, Hodges Loizzi attorneys will highlight the changes that impacted school systems over this most unusual past year.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently asked the United States government to file a brief expressing its views on the meaning of educational benefit in the Endrew F. v. Douglas County…
In Letter to Kelly Unnerstall, the Office of Special Education Programs (“OSEP”) followed-up its October 23, 2015, Dear Colleague Letter (“DCL”) and provided more guidance regarding the use and diagnosis…
HLERK continues to follow the legal developments relating to transgender students. On July 8, 2016, the State of Nebraska along with several other states, filed a federal complaint requesting relief…
For the second time in less than a year, HLERK’s Michelle Todd and Stephanie Jones obtained dismissal of plaintiff’s bullying claims in Kuhner v. Highland Community United School District No….
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools to answer the question of how far the “exhaustion requirement” under the Individuals with…
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (“OSEP”) recently issued a memorandum to state directors of special education regarding some school districts’ use of Response to Intervention…
Issues regarding transgender students continue to dominate public debate as well as creating multiple lawsuits. Below we review the variety of ongoing transgender student issues. Dear Colleague Letter As we…