No. 21-1479

S. W. and C. W., on Behalf of Their Minor Child, B. W. v. Capistrano Unified School District

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-05-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)
Tags: civil-rights due-process education free-appropriate-public-education IDEA idea-compliance individualized-education-program parental-placement private-school reimbursement school-district-duty special-education-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a school district have an affirmative duty under the IDEA to prepare an annual IEP for a child for the upcoming school year even after the parents unilaterally enroll the child in private school and seek reimbursement because the school district failed to provide a FAPE for their child?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Does a school district have an affirmative duty under the IDEA to prepare an annual individualized education program (IEP) for a child for the upcoming school year even after the parents unilaterally enroll the child in private school and seek reimbursement because the school district failed to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) for their child? 2. Should this Court resolve the confusion among the Circuits about a school district’s affirmative duty under the IDEA to continue to prepare an annual IEP for a child even after parents change their child’s enrollment from public to private school in the belief that the school district’s then-current IEP was not providing a FAPE?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-23
Brief of respondent Capistrano Unified School District in opposition filed.
2022-06-23
Brief amicus curiae of California Association of Lawyers for Education filed.
2022-05-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 23, 2022)

Attorneys

California Association of Lawyers for Education
Jennifer Leigh MeekerNossaman LLP, Amicus
Captistrano Unified School District
S. Daniel HarbottleHarbottle Law Group, Respondent
S.W. and C.W. on Behalf of their Minor Child B.W.
Timothy Allen AdamsTimothy A. Adams & Associates, APLC, Petitioner