K.S. v. R.I. BD. OF EDUC. BY AND THROUGH COTTAM

C.A. No. 14-077 S.

251 F.Supp.3d 393 (2017)

K.S. and K.L., through her parent L.L., on behalf of a class of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. R.I. BOARD OF EDUCATION, BY AND THROUGH its chair, Barbara S. COTTAM, in her official capacity, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

Signed May 9, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 20 U.S.C. § 1401
Cause: 20 U.S.C. § 1401 Education: Handicapped Child Act
Nature of Suit: 448 Civil Rights: Education
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonja L. Deyoe , Law Offices of Sonja L. Deyoe, Providence, RI, Jason H. Kim , Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP, San Francisco, CA, Paul Alston , Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff.

Paul V. Sullivan , Sullivan Whitehead & DeLuca LLP, Jon M. Anderson , Andrew D. Henneous , Michael J. Polak , Brennan, Recupero, Cascione, Scungio & McAllister, LLP, Providence, RI, for Defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

In this case the Court must decide whether the Rhode Island Board of Education's practice permitting local education agencies to terminate special-education services to disabled children at age 21 violates the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20...

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