CEFALU v. EAST BATON ROUGE SCHOOL BD.

Civ. A. No. 94-25-B-M2.

907 F.Supp. 966 (1995)

Charles Tony CEFALU, Jr., on Behalf of his Minor Son, Charles Tony CEFALU, III, v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD and the State of Louisiana through the Department of Education.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

August 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tammy L. Pruet, Baton Rouge, LA, for Charles Tony Cefalu, Jr.

Robert L. Hammonds, Hammonds & Sills, Baton Rouge, LA, for East Baton Rouge Parish School Bd.

Margot Ann Tillman-Fleet, State of Louisiana, Department of Education, Baton Rouge, LA, for State of Louisiana.


RULING ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

POLOZOLA, District Judge.

This case requires the Court to decide whether the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA")1 requires a local school board to provide a sign language interpreter to a hearing impaired student who attends a private, parochial school. For reasons which follow, this Court finds that, under the facts of this case, the IDEA does require the...

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