FLOUR BLUFF INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST. v. KATHERINE M.

No. 95-40720.

91 F.3d 689 (1996)

FLOUR BLUFF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KATHERINE M. by Next Friend LESA T., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley A. Selz, Deborah Sue Travis, Gary, Thomasson, Hall & Marks, Corpus Christi, TX, for plaintiff-appellant.

Christopher L. Jonas, Corpus Christi, TX, Mark S. Partin, Advocacy, Incorporated, Austin, TX, for defendant-appellee.

Eric W. Schulze, Walsh, Anderson, Underwood, Schulze & Aldridge, Austin, TX, for Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Association of School Boards and Texas Council of School Attorneys, amicus curiae.

Before REAVLEY, GARWOOD and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

The Flour Bluff Independent School District (Flour Bluff) appeals a district court's placement decision of Katherine M. (Katie), a hearing impaired student. The district court determined that Katie's 1994-95 Individualized Education Program (IEP) was not based upon her individual needs, and that her IEP violated the least restrictive environment provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).1

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