MISSOURI DEPT. OF EDUC. v. SPRINGFIELD R-12 SCHOOL

No. 02-3765.

358 F.3d 992 (2004)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Missouri School for the Blind, Appellants, v. SPRINGFIELD R-12 SCHOOL DISTRICT; Andrew Lewis, Parent and natural guardian of Katherine Lewis, a minor child; Martha Lewis, Parent and natural guardian of Katherine Lewis, a minor child; Katherine Lewis, a minor and a child with a disability, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Gardner, Assistant Attorney General, argued, Jefferson City, MO (Jeremiah (W.) Jay Nixon, on the brief), for appellant.

Ransom A. Ellis, III, Springfield, MO, argued, for appellee.

Before MELLOY, HANSEN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


SMITH, Circuit Judge.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)1 and the Missouri School for the Blind (MSB) appeal the district court's2 order affirming an administrative panel's decision requiring them to provide, participate in, and pay for the education of Katherine, a severely-handicapped deaf and blind child, at a specialized private school. We affirm in part and reverse in...

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