MORTON COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DIST. NO. 709 v. J.M.

No. 97-3962.

152 F.3d 583 (1998)

MORTON COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 709, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.M., a minor, and M.M. and S.M., individually and as parents and next friends of J.M., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Tibbs (argued), Miller, Hall & Triggs, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Janet M. Cartwright, Rock Island, IL, Karen I. Ward (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act grants federal financial assistance for the education of disabled children to all states that agree (as all have) to provide such children with "a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for employment and independent living." 20 U.S.C. § 1400(d)(1...

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