MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. M.L.K.

No. 21-1707, No. 21-1770.

42 F.4th 847 (2022)

MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 276, Plaintiff-Appellant v. M.L.K., BY AND THROUGH his parents, S.K. and D.K., Defendant-Appellee. Minnesota School Boards Association; Minnesota Association of School Administrators; The Minnesota Administrators for Special Education, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s) Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc.; Minnesota Disability Law Center; The International Dyslexia Association-Upper Midwest Branch; Decoding Dyslexia-Minnesota; National Parents Union; Dyslexia Advocates, Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s). Minnetonka Public Schools, Independent School District No. 276, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. M.L.K., by and through his parents, S.K. and D.K., Defendant-Appellant. Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc.; Minnesota Disability Law Center; The International Dyslexia Association-Upper Midwest Branch; Decoding Dyslexia-Minnesota; National Parents Union; Dyslexia Advocates, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant/cross-appellee and appeared on the brief was Laura Tubbs Booth , of Saint Paul, MN. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the appellant brief; Christian Richard Shafer , of Saint Paul, MN, Adam J. Frudden , of Saint Paul, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee/cross-appellant and appeared on the brief was Amy Jane Goetz , of Stillwater, MN.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of Minnesota School Boards Association, Minnesota Association of School Administrators, and The Minnesota Administrators for Special Education on behalf of appellant/cross-appellee; Eric J. Magnuson , of Minneapolis, MN, Caroline M. Moos , of Minneapolis, MN.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc., The Minnesota Disability Law Center, The International Dyslexia Association — Upper Midwest Branch, and Decoding Dyslexia — Minnesota on behalf of appellee/cross-appellant; Selene Almazan-Altobelli , of Towson, MD, Catherine Merino Reisman , of Haddonfield, NJ.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of National Parents Union, and Dyslexia Advocates on behalf of appellee/cross-appellant; Elizabeth Rose Schiltz , of Minneapolis, MN, Andrea Jepsen , of Saint Paul, MN.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, GRUENDER and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


M.L.K. is a special education student in the Minnetonka School District. His parents brought a due process challenge under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), claiming that the School District failed to provide him a free appropriate public education (FAPE). An administrative law judge agreed and ordered...

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