SEBASTIAN M. v. KING PHILIP REGIONAL SCHOOL DIST.

No. 11-1489.

685 F.3d 79 (2012)

SEBASTIAN M.; Lisa M., as Legal Guardian and Parent; Michael M., as Legal Guardian and Parent, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. KING PHILIP REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT; Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and its Bureau of Special Education Appeals, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Luray Wallace , for appellants.

Regina Williams Tate , for appellee King Philip Regional School District.

Amy Spector , for appellee Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Before BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a claim under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1491, which requires that students with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education ("FAPE") in the least restrictive environment possible. See 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(1), (5). Sebastian M. is a disabled young man with mental retardation who was enrolled in a special education program run by the King Philip...

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