Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
No. 08-3630
Background
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Tuition Reimbursement
Violations of the IDEA
for
Procedural
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fact, C.H.s mother testified that she was present when the
District scheduled the meeting for September 11, though she
says she did not commit to it and expected notice when the date
was finalized. She further testified that the reason she did not
attend the September 11 meeting was because she had filed for
due process, not because she was unaware of the meeting
schedule.
The procedural requirements of the IDEA governing
notice of IEP meetings are intended to ensure parental
participation in the IEP process, not to provide the Parents with
a hook on which to hang a tuition reimbursement claim. It is
clear to us, as it was to the District Court, that the Parents have
been their own greatest impediment to participation in the
evaluation of C.H.s disabilities and the development of an
appropriate IEP. We therefore affirm the District Courts
rejection of the argument that any notice deficiencies rise to the
level of substantive harm.
C.
IV.
For the foregoing reasons, we will affirm the District
Courts grant of summary judgment to the District and denial of
summary judgment to the Parents.