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Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging at Fault for Multiple Counts of Noncompliance with IDEA
Two Month After Finding Tennessee Department of Education in Noncompliance with IDEA, U.S. Department of Education Finds Tennessee Department of…
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Callie Oettinger
Can Schools Refuse Parents’ Requests to Hold IEP Meetings?
Question: Can schools refuse parents’ requests to hold IEP meetings? Answer:
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Callie Oettinger
Unpacking the Appeal Decision for VDOE State Complaint C25-302
Special Education Action previously unpacked VDOE’s LOF for State Complaint C25-302 and flagged errors in VDOE’s reasoning and legal conclusions…
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Callie Oettinger
Can Schools Require Parents to Pay for Independent Educational Evaluations?
Question: Can schools require parents to pay for Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs) in special education? Answer:
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Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Publishes Five Findings and Resolution Agreements for Disability Discrimination Cases: Florida, South Carolina…
OCR published five more findings and resolution agreements focused on disability discrimination. All complaints were filed in 2025, with the exception…
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Callie Oettinger
Can States Require Complainants to Use the States’ Model Forms for Filing State and Due Process Complaints?
Question: Can state education agencies (SEA) require complainants to use the SEA’s model forms for filing state and due process complaints?
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Callie Oettinger
U.S. Department of Education Updates FOIA Logs—After More Than a Year of Silence
For over a year, U.S. Department of Education failed to update its FOIA logs. That’s changed. You can now find logs through July 2025.
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Callie Oettinger
Why VDOE’s State Complaint Appeals Procedures are Inconsistent with IDEA
Virginia Department of Education has built an extra step into its state complaint process: appeals. On paper, this sounds like a safeguard. In practice…
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Callie Oettinger
Can State and Due Process Complaints Be Filed Against State Education Agencies?
Question: Can state and due process complaints be filed against State Education Agencies (SEAs) and other State Agencies? Answer: Yes. Both state and…
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Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Publishes Four More Findings and/or Resolutions for Disability Discrimination Cases
OCR published seven more findings and resolution agreements issued in 2025. Four of the seven focus on disability discrimination in New Hampshire, North…
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Callie Oettinger

August 2025

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