INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. NO. 283 v. S.D. BY J.D.

No. 95-2497.

88 F.3d 556 (1996)

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 283, Plaintiff — Appellee, v. S.D., by her parents, J.D. and N.D.; J.D.; N.D., Defendants — Appellants, Linda Powell, Commissioner of Education; Gene Mammenga, Past Commissioner of Education; Robert Wedl, Acting Commissioner of Education; K.S., Hearing Review Officer, Defendants — Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonja D. Kerr, St. Paul, MN, argued (Dee Estelle Alpert and Ronald S. Stadler, on the brief), for appellant.

Susan Torgerson, St. Paul, MN, argued (Charles E. Long, on the brief), for appellee Ind. School Dist. No. 283. Bernard E. Johnson, St. Paul, MN, argued (Rachel L. Kaplan, on the brief), for appellee Com'rs of Educ.

Before BOWMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and WOLLE, Chief District Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

S.D. and her parents1 requested an administrative hearing under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., when Minnesota Independent School District No. 283 (the "School District") refused to reimburse S.D. for private school tuition. A state-appointed hearing officer denied reimbursement, but a hearing review officer granted S.D. this relief. The School District...

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