Tuition reimbursement for special education students

Future of Children

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 122-126

  Zirkel, Perry A ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT RIGHT; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031400862     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602450     Document Type: Review

References (23)

1. Staples, B. The end of special education? New York Times. October 7, 1996, at A16.
2. Skaruppa, C., Boyer, A., and Edwards, O. Tuition reimbursement for parents' unilateral placement of students in private institutions: Justified or not? West's Education Law Reporter (1997) 114:353-58.
3. Burlington School Committee v. Department of Education, 471 U.S. 359, 105 S. Ct. 1996 (1985).
4. Florence County School District Four v. Carter, 510 U.S. 7, 114 S. Ct. 361 (1993).
5. Belluck, P. Public pays for the learning-disabled to attend private schools. New York Times. October 27, 1996, at L35.
6. Bad boy protection act. Reader's Digest (May 1996) 148,889:90.
7. Gubernick, L., and Conlin, M. The special education scandal. Forbes (1997) 159,3:66-70.
8. Zirkel, P.A. The explosion in education litigation. West's Education Law Reporter (1996) 114:341-51.
9. See 20 U.S.C. § 1415(e)(4) (1990).
10. Zirkel, P.A. A somewhat ironic decision. Phi Delta Kappan (February 1994) 75,6:497-99.
11. Appropriateness must be based upon the needs of the individual child. Board of Education v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 (1982).
12. Doe v. Board of Education, 9 F.3d 455, 459-60 (6th Cir. 1993), cert. denied, 114 S. Ct. 2104 (1994).
13. In fact, in well over 90% of the cases, the published opinion does not even mention the dollar amount sought or obtained by the parents. To the extent such amounts are detectable in the decisions, tuitions at day programs appear to be in the neighborhood of $10,000 to $20,000, and those at residential programs tend to be in the range of $40,000 to $80,000. In comparison, for 1993, the year of the Carter decision, the national average per-pupil expenditure in public schools was approximately $5,500.
14. East Longmeadow Public Schools, 16 IDELR 395 (Mass. SEA 1989).
15. Taylor v. Board of Education, 649 F. Supp. 1253 (N.D.N.Y. 1986).
16. Thornock v. Boise Independent School District #1, 767 P.2d 1241 (Idaho 1988).
17. Union School District v. Smith, 15 F.3d 1519 (9th Cir. 1994), cert. denied, 115 S. Ct. 428 (1994).
18. Babb v. Knox County School System, 965 F.2d 104 (6th Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 113 S. Ct. 380 (1992).
19. Mrs. B. v. Milford School District, 25 IDELR 217 (2d Cir. 1997).
20. Delaware County Intermediate Unit No. 25 v. Martin, 831 F. Supp. 1206 (E.D. Pa. 1993).
21. Drew P. v. Clarke County School District, 877 F.2d 927 (11th Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1406 (1990).
22. See 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(10)(C) (1997).
23. Susquenita School District v. Raelee S., 96 F.3d 78 (3d Cir. 1996).