FYI: An iPhone app that might be helpful in IEP meetings

This is an FYI on an iPhone/iPod Touch app reported in the news, but this is not a first-hand report, and posting does not constitute recommendation, endorsement, warranty or statement of suitability. Interested readers are directed to check the information out first-hand and determine suitability of the application for their particular use.

On February 12, 2010 Disability Scoop reported on a new free-of-charge iPhone app for special education developed for the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC) by Nurvee. The stated purpose of the app is to be an "on-the-spot intelligent assistance" tool for families, students, and teachers in the development of student Individual Education Programs (IEPs).

A how-to example 2:10

The IEP Checklist is available at the PEATC website or at the iTunes Store.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

IEP Checklist App
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center

‘IEP Checklist’ iPhone App Aims To Level Playing Field
By Shaun Heasley, Disability Scoop
February 12, 2010

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NEWS: Supreme Court Decision Issued in "Forest Grove School District v. T.A."

This news just broke from Wrightslaw.

Supreme Court Issues Decision in Forest Grove School District v. T.A.
by Peter Wright, Esq. and Pamela Wright, MA, MSW

[Decision issued in ]

FOREST GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT v. T. A. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
No. 08–305. Argued April 28, 2009—Decided June 22, 2009

(...)

"In their 6-3 decision, the [U.S.] Supreme Court held that:

". . . IDEA authorizes [tuition] reimbursement for the cost of private special education services when a school district fails to provide a FAPE and the private-school placement is appropriate, regardless of whether the child previously received special education or related services through the public school." (page 16 of the decision)"

The full text of this decision, including a 3 page Syllabus, 17 page Opinion, 2 page Appendix to the Opinion, and 12 page Dissent by Justice Souter (joined by Justices Scalia and Thomas) is posted on Wrightslaw. (...)"

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NEWS: H.R. 2740 "IDEA Fairness Restoration Act" would allow expert witness fees for parents

Congressmen Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Pete Sessions (R-TX) introduced H.R. 2740, the IDEA Fairness Restoration Act. This bill would overturn a 2006 Supreme Court decision that prohibits the payment of fees to expert witnesses representing parents in IDEA due process. The fees would only be paid by school systems which are found by the courts to have wrongfully denied an appropriate education to students with disabilities under IDEA.

From the Capitol Insider, Volume 14, Issue 22. June 8, 2009
Disability Collaboration: A Partnership of The Arc & United Cerebral Palsy
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OpenCongress on H.R. 2740

Other blog posts

H.R. 2740 would amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to permit a prevailing party in an action or proceeding brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses.
Washingtonwatch.com

H.R. 2740: To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to permit a prevailing party in an action or proceeding brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses.
GovTrack.us

Other references

• Text of H.R. 2740 at Thomas.gov
• ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DIST. BD. OF ED. v.MURPHY (No. 05-18)
  402 F. 3d 332, reversed and remanded.
  Cornell University Law School
• Topic: Procedural Safeguards: Due Process Hearings. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs 10.04.06

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