Disability and Education Law

This is a three-hour credit course in which graduate education and law students will learn a wide and diverse spectrum of special education and disability law and its application, including but not limited to, a comparison of the IDEA and Section 504; the school district’s child find requirements; eligibility requirements under the IDEA and Section 504, procedural requirements for conducting school and independent educational evaluations; legal requirements for developing and implementing an Individualized Educational Program (IEP); related services for students with disabilities; what constitutes a free appropriate public education; discipline of students with disabilities; best practices for developing a functional behavioral assessment and behavior intervention plan; overrepresentation of minorities in special education; racial disparity in administering school discipline; School-to-Prison Pipeline; determining the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities; alternative dispute resolution and due process complaint procedures; disability discrimination in public schools; confidentiality of student records, surveys and evaluations under the FERPA and PPRA, and an overview of significant United States Supreme Court cases in special education law.