CARRINGTON v. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION


404 Mass. 290 (1989)

535 N.E.2d 212

JEFFREY CARRINGTON, JR., vs. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen B. Kaplan for the plaintiffs.

Charles A. Collins for School Committee of East Longmeadow.

Alice E. Moore, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commissioner of Education.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

This case arises under the Education of the Handicapped Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 (1982), and the Commonwealth's Children With Special Needs statute, G.L.c. 71B, inserted by St. 1972, c. 766, § 11, popularly known as Chapter 766. The issue on review is whether, in the circumstances of this case, the parents of a minor child in need of special education may be entitled to reimbursement for the cost of the...

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