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Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides; John Jacobs; David Lopez; Brenda L. Barrio – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
The rights of approximately seven million students with disabilities in the United States are secured via the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Despite these protections, consequential inequities still need to be addressed. Racialized inequities in special education outcomes persist across classifications, placements, and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities
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Mitchell L. Yell; Michael A. Couvillon; Antonis Katsiyannis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court has heard several cases regarding special education. These cases have resulted in decisions that have addressed issues involving special education programming and procedural issues. On March 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in "Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools." This decision, which was the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
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Stephanie Courson; Mya H. Kelley; Ekemini Eshiett; Bronwyn Bigger; Antonis Katsiyannis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2025
Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 has been increasingly utilized as a legal avenue by U.S. students with disabilities, particularly concerning remedies not typically awarded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The purpose of this legal update is to briefly highlight recent case law in which guardians filed action in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Civil Rights Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Student Rights
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Prince, Angela M. T.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
Five days after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in "M.C. v. Antelope Valley Union High School District." This important decision involved a student who was being served under the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs
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Zirkel, Perry A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
This article delineates the four successive dimensions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's (IDEA) central obligation of "free appropriation public education" that the courts have developed thus far: (a) procedural, (b) substantive, (c) incomplete implementation of the last Individualized Education Program (IEP), and (d)…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Edlein, Rachel; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2023
In special education, medication often plays a critical role in meeting the needs of students with disabilities. The use of medications in schools, however, can be a problem when state laws and federal law conflict regarding the use of a medication, in this situation, medical marijuana. This column reports on a ruling by the U.S. District Court in…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Drug Therapy, Marijuana, Special Education
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Carlson, Sarah R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
In July 2014, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law, amending the Rehabilitation Act of 1998 and establishing new workforce initiatives for state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies. The passage of WIOA led to the expansion of VR services, including the requirement to provide "pre-employment transition…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Secondary School Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Labor Force Development
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Mitchell L. Yell; Antonis Katsiyannis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the ways in which school districts provide educational services to all students, especially students with disabilities. Eligible U.S. students with disabilities have a right to a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and students with disabilities who…
Descriptors: Barriers, COVID-19, Pandemics, Special Education Teachers
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Rebecca Archer Anwar; Juliet E. Hart Barnett – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
"Augmentative and alternative communication" (AAC) refers to a wide variety of communication devices, systems, tools, and strategies that support or replace spoken language. Augmentative and alternative communication users represent a range of ages, abilities, and communication needs. Support for AAC often begins in the public school…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Speech Language Pathology
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2019
Special education has been the subject of many rulings in federal courts. These rulings have greatly affected the practice of special education. The most important of these cases have come from the U.S. Supreme Court, which thus far has heard 12 cases directly affecting special education. This article examines the most important of these special…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Special Education, Laws, School Law