This book provides a primer on the (a) dispute resolution system of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), (b) the U.S. Department of Education, IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and (c) online resources to locate special education law. The book also provides a presentation of all policy letters on special education issued by the U.S. Department of Education in 2020 and a synopsis of all special education cases heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals in 2020 brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504.

DAVID F. BATEMAN is professor in the department of educational leadership and special education at Shippensburg University, where he teaches courses on special education law, assessment, and facilitating inclusion. Dr. Bateman recently coauthoredA Principals Guide to Special Education,A Teachers Guide to Special Education, Special Education Law Case Studies, Special Education Leadership: Building Effective Programming in Schools, and Current Trends and Legal Issues in Special Education.

MITCHELL L. YELL is the Fred and Francis Lester Palmetto Chair in Teacher Education and professor of special education at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Yell has published 134 journal articles, 6 textbooks, and 38 book chapters and has conducted numerous workshops on various aspects of special education law, classroom management, and progress monitoring. In 2020, he was named Researcher of the Year by the Council for Exceptional Children.

KEVIN P. BRADY is professor and program coordinator of the graduate program in educational leadership at the University of Arkansas. He is also adjunct associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he teaches a course in school law and ethics in the Summer Principals Academy (SPA). He is currently the program director of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA) Center for the Study of Leadership and the Law. Dr. Brady is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Education Law Association (ELA) and is on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals, including the Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal,Education and Urban Society, Journal of Disability Policy Studies, and Wests Education Law Reporter. Dr. Brady recently coauthored the bookLegal Issues in Special Education: Principals, Policies, and Practices.

Introduction

1 The US Department of Education, the IDEA, and Section 504

2 Policy Letters from the US Department of Education

3 A primer on Dispute Resolution under the IDEA and Section 504

4 Researching Special Education Law Online

5 Topics Covered by US Courts of Appeals in 2020

6 Case Summaries by Circuit

Glossary of Legal Terms

References

Appendix

Index