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DOE EX REL. HIS PARENTS v. EAST GREENWICH SCHOOL DEPT.

No. 2005-172-Appeal.

899 A.2d 1258 (2006)

John DOE, a minor, by and through HIS PARENTS AND NATURAL GUARDIANS v. EAST GREENWICH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 13, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Lieberman, Esq., Providence, for Plaintiff.

Jennifer Wood, Esq., for the R.I. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

John Cloherty, III, Esq., Boston, MA, for the East Greenwich School Department.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS, for the Court.

This appeal concerns the requirement that a litigant who asserts on behalf of a child that he or she is being denied his or her guarantees under federal law to a free and appropriate public education exhaust the administrative process before bringing a civil suit to enforce these guarantees. More specifically, the plaintiff, John Doe1 (plaintiff), appeals from a judgment dismissing...

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