http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/dailyopinions/opinion.pdf/052236.U.pdf
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Avajin v. Weast New 4th Circuit (unpublished, non-binding) Opinion
I just learned of this newly released local case invovling special ed and due process appeal. The case rules against the parents seeking reimbursement for a residential placement of their son. The bottom line: Unless the written IEP expressly provides for the residential placement, a parent can't get the school district to pay for it, no matter what was said during the IEP meeting by the school team. If a service, accomidation, placement or the like isn't written down and seen within the four corners of the IEP, parents face an uphill battle when it comes to enforcement. The link to the case is as follows:
http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/dailyopinions/opinion.pdf/052236.U.pdf
http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/dailyopinions/opinion.pdf/052236.U.pdf
Friday, July 06, 2007
Happy Hour for new Ed Law Section!
To All Interested BAMC Members: Welcome to the new Education Law Section!
As a new section, our first priority is to bring together interested members in an informal atmosphere so we can meet each other and bounce around ideas for this year’s activities.
On Friday, August 3, 2007 beginning at 5:30pm, the Education Law Section will host a Happy Hour at Gordon Biersch in the new Rockville Town Center, located a short block from the courts. You can find the location of the new Gordon Biersch here at this website: http://www.gordonbiersch.com/restaurants/index.php?pg=location&sub=loc&location_id=35
Call 301.424.5777 for additional directions and details.
As a new section, our first priority is to bring together interested members in an informal atmosphere so we can meet each other and bounce around ideas for this year’s activities.
On Friday, August 3, 2007 beginning at 5:30pm, the Education Law Section will host a Happy Hour at Gordon Biersch in the new Rockville Town Center, located a short block from the courts. You can find the location of the new Gordon Biersch here at this website: http://www.gordonbiersch.com/restaurants/index.php?pg=location&sub=loc&location_id=35
Call 301.424.5777 for additional directions and details.
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Sunday, July 01, 2007
Education Law Chair Appointment
The Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland (BAMC), headed by President Mary Ellen Flynn, recently selected Patrick Hoover as the 2007 – 2008 Chair for the newly formed Education Law Section.
At this time, over twenty members have joined the Education Law Section. Many of the new members expressed an interest in developing new networks, sharing experiences, and learning additional strategies on representing clients in school expulsion hearings, IEP meetings, due process appeals or school transfer requests.
As Chair of the Education Law Section, Patrick Hoover hopes to develop new programs and activities this year to assist BAMC members with networking, learning and sharing information and legal issues and strategies involved in education law from pre-school to graduate school. In the recent BAMC Section meeting last Tuesday, June 26, Pat explained how education law cases "come in all stripes and sizes and frequently involve a wide assortment of legal issues, authorities and solutions." Pat continued, "It is not an easy field of practice because of the complications involving federal and state law and local regulations. I feel proud to be a part of a new group of BAMC colleagues who can help one another."
Patrick is also arranging to have a number of speakers come to section meetings to educate interested BAMC members, and hopes to create a database of proven experts that BAMC members may call upon for diagnostic help in education and special education law cases.
If you would like to learn more about seminars offered by Patrick Hoover Law Offices and the Education Law Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County , please contact Patrick Hoover at 301.424.5777 or at phoover@hooverlaw.com.
At this time, over twenty members have joined the Education Law Section. Many of the new members expressed an interest in developing new networks, sharing experiences, and learning additional strategies on representing clients in school expulsion hearings, IEP meetings, due process appeals or school transfer requests.
As Chair of the Education Law Section, Patrick Hoover hopes to develop new programs and activities this year to assist BAMC members with networking, learning and sharing information and legal issues and strategies involved in education law from pre-school to graduate school. In the recent BAMC Section meeting last Tuesday, June 26, Pat explained how education law cases "come in all stripes and sizes and frequently involve a wide assortment of legal issues, authorities and solutions." Pat continued, "It is not an easy field of practice because of the complications involving federal and state law and local regulations. I feel proud to be a part of a new group of BAMC colleagues who can help one another."
Patrick is also arranging to have a number of speakers come to section meetings to educate interested BAMC members, and hopes to create a database of proven experts that BAMC members may call upon for diagnostic help in education and special education law cases.
If you would like to learn more about seminars offered by Patrick Hoover Law Offices and the Education Law Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County , please contact Patrick Hoover at 301.424.5777 or at phoover@hooverlaw.com.
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