TAYLOR v. VERMONT DEPT. OF EDUC.

Docket No. 01-7566.

313 F.3d 768 (2002)

Pam TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, David S. Wolk, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Education, Addison Central Supervisory Union, John Murphy, Addison Central Supervisory Union Support Service Coordinator, Amy Brown, Addison Central Supervisory Union Learning Specialist, Addison Northeast Supervisory Union, Louise Acker, Addison Northeast Supervisory Union Special Education Representative, Weybridge School District, Christina Johnson, Principal, Weybridge Elementary School, Starksboro School District, and Mary Heins, Principal, Robinson Elementary School, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Dingley, Roesler, Whittlesey, Meekins & Amidon, Burlington, VT, (Marsha S. Meekins, on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John Davis Buckley, Theriault & Joslin, P.C., Montpelier, VT, (Laura Q. Pelosi, on the brief) for Defendants-Appellees Addison Northeast Supervisory Union, Starksboro School District, Mary Heins and Louise Acker.

Patti R. Page, Stitzel, Page & Fletcher, P.C., Burlington, VT, for Defendants-Appellees Addison Central Supervisory Union, Weybridge School District, John Murphy, Amy Brown, and Christina Johnson.

Geoffrey A. Yudien, Special Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Department of Education, for William H. Sorrell, Attorney General for the State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT, for Defendants-Appellees Vermont Department of Education and Commissioner David S. Wolk.

Before: POOLER, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and KAPLAN, District Judge.


SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

We are presented with the question of who is entitled to exercise the rights afforded to a "parent" under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq., and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"), 20 U.S.C. § 1232g. Plaintiff-appellant Pam Taylor alleges that the defendants have violated statutory rights she possesses as...

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