Special Education Law: Statutes and Regulations

Weber, Mark C.

Carolina Academic Press

<p>Building on the insights of both disability studies and civil rights scholars, Mark C. Weber frames his examination of disability harassment on the premise that disabled people are members of a minority group that must negotiate an artificial yet often damaging environment of physical and attitudinal barriers. The book considers courts’ approaches to the problem of disability harassment, particularly the application of an analogy to race and sex harassment and the development of legal remedies and policy reforms under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). </p>
<p>While litigation under the ADA has addressed discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and education, Weber points out that the law has done little to combat disability harassment. He recommends that arguments based on unused provisions of the ADA should be developed and new legal remedies advanced to address the problem. Disability Harassment also draws on case law to explore special problems of harassment in the public schools, and closes with an appeal to judges and lawmakers for expanded legal protection against harassment.</p>

Disability Harassment

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

NYU Press

This book is intended to be a comprehensive work that answers the myriad of specific legal questions engendered by special education statutes. The book attempts to give guidance on particular legal questions, to collect and evaluate caselaw and other authoritative materials, and to put forward the positions that seem best supported in reason and precedent. The book analyzes and evaluates authorities rather than simply describing them, and attempts to enable readers to see through the fog of legalese that sometimes surrounds education of children with disabilities. The book is addressed to generalists such as administrators, teachers, and parents as well as their attorneys. The book's chapters address: statutory background; eligibility for special education; appropriate education; evaluation; individualized education programs; placement; free education; related services; least restrictive environment; Child Find and public notice requirements; early childhood and preschool programs; monitoring and complaints; student discipline; parental status and related issues; records; residency; state advisory panels; submissions of plans and receipt of funding; personnel development; due process procedure; and court proceedings--individual and systemic. Appendices provide the text for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Code of Federal Regulations text concerning assistance to states for education of handicapped children, Code of Federal Regulations text concerning early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities, discussions of pertinent Supreme Court cases, and discussions of unpublished cases noted in the book. A table of cases and index are also provided.

Special Education Law and Litigation Treatise (Special Education Series)

Lrp Pubns

Specialties

LexisNexis

Special Education Law and Litigation Treatise

Rules & Procedures

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