Andreana R. Bellach

Jan 26, 2024 | lexblog.com | Andreana R. Bellach |Peter Maher

Last year, the General Assembly enacted several pieces of legislation that require school districts to provide parents of students receiving special education services with certain resources created by the Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE).

Mar 29, 2023 | lexblog.com | Andreana R. Bellach |Peter Maher

On March 21, 2023, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, 143 S. Ct. 859 (2023) that a student with a disability does not have to exhaust the administrative due process procedures of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) before filing a lawsuit seeking compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or other federal anti-discrimination laws.