Tag Archives: Sturgis v. Perez

Gorgi Talevski and Miguel Luna Perez:The 2023 Supreme Court cases that saved Disability Rights

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:47 — 10.9MB)Subscribe: RSS ***CORRECTION:THE CASE OF Fry V Napoleon Public Schools TOOK PLACE IN 2017, NOT 1986. RATHER, THE CASE OF FRY RULED THAT A 1986 LAW, the Handicapped Children’s Protection Act of 1986, DID NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL EDUCATION PLAINTIFF TO EXHAUST ALL PROCESSES OF APPEALS UNLESS THE PLAINTIFF’S SPECIFIC CASE …

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Sturgis v. Perez and the Conflict Over Monetary Damages in Special Education Part III:The Jewels of Justice

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:18 — 21.1MB)Subscribe: RSSThis week, we continue our discussion of the Supreme Court case heard last Wednesday, Perez V Sturgis school district. The case concerns two laws: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA, which requires children with disabilities be provided a “free appropriate public education” or (FAPE) and the Americans …

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