FAPE

Special Education Update: Title II Requirements for Students with Hearing Impairments

A recent Ninth Circuit decision has made a distinction between a school district's provision of a "basic floor of opportunity" to students with disabilities under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and the satisfactory requirements of Title II of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act).  Title II requires districts to take appropriate steps to ensure that communications with individuals with disabilities are "as effective as communications with othe