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GUMM v. STATE, DEPT. OF EDUCATION

No. 44491.

113 P.3d 853 (2005)

Alexander GUMM, by and Through His Guardian Ad Litem, Allen GUMM; Allen Gumm; and Antoinette Gumm, Petitioners, v. NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Respondent, and Douglas County School District, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 23, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nevada Disability Advocacy and Law Center and Elizabeth A. Cannon-Lynch, Sparks, for Petitioners.

Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, and James E. Irvin, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondent.

Crowell Susich Owen & Tackes and J. Thomas Susich, Carson City; Walther Key Maupin Oats Cox & LeGoy and C. Robert Cox and Michael A. Nivinskus, Reno, for Real Party in Interest.

Before ROSE, GIBBONS and HARDESTY, JJ.

OPINION

HARDESTY, J.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act1 (IDEA) is designed "to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education" in light of their special needs.2 In this, the IDEA aims to help schools prepare students with disabilities for independent living, to ensure that the rights of such children and their parents are...

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