KRAWIETZ BY PARKER v. GALVESTON ISD

No. 17-40461.

900 F.3d 673 (2018)

Ashley KRAWIETZ, an individual with disabilities, BY and with and through her parent/guardian/next friend, Amanda PARKER; and Amanda Parker, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. GALVESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Cuddy, Esq. , Auburn, NY, Dorene J. Philpot , Philpot Law Office, P.C., Galveston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee ASHLEY KRAWIETZ.

Andrew Cuddy, Esq. , Auburn, NY, Dorene J. Philpot , Philpot Law Office, P.C., Galveston, TX, Deborah Heaton McElvaney, Esq. , Dillard, McElvaney & Kovach, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee AMANDA PARKER.

Paul A. Lamp , Charles Cory Rush , Karczewski Bradshaw Spalding , Houston, TX, Jonathan Griffin , Brush, Amy Joyce Cumings Tucker , Rogers, Morris & Grover, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant Appellant.

Selene Ann Almazan-Altobelli , Council of Parent Attorneys & Advocates, Incorporated, Towson, MD, Roy Tress Atwood , Atwood Gameros, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae COUNCIL OF PARENT ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES, INCORPORATED.

Constance Russell Wannamaker , Disability Rights Texas, El Paso, TX, for Amicus Curiae DISABILITY RIGHTS TEXAS.

Before REAVLEY, JONES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal statute that "seeks `to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education [(FAPE)].'" Seth B. ex rel. Donald B. v. Orleans Par. Sch. Bd., 810 F.3d 961, 965...

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