presented at the:

7th Annual STN
Conference & Trade Show
July 29 - Aug. 2, 2000 * Reno, Nevada

Legal Developments in
Special Needs Transportation:
The Year-in-Review (1999)

By Dr. Linda Bluth & Peggy Burns, Esq.*

Part II

A Comprehensive Review of Special Education
Case Law and Administrative Decisions in 1999

I. Lessons from Case Law: Messages Then (1975) and Now (2000)

II. Keep Your Eyes on the Road in 2000: Selected Cases in 1999

A. A District's Responsibility for Transporting to Schools of Choice
-Timothy H. v. Cedar Rapids Community School District
(8th Cir.) 30 IDELR 535, Iowa, 1999

B. Attending to Sexual Harassment
-David "XX" v. St. Catherines's Center for Children,
31 IDELR 233, N.Y. App. Div. 1999, 3/16/00
-Soper by Soper v. Hoben, 31 IDELR 104, (6th Cir.), 11/2/99
-S.P. v. Collier H.S., 725 A. 2d 1142 (N.J. App.), 1999

C. Behavior and the School Bus
-Hall County (GA) Sch. Dist., 32 IDELR 70, 5/11/00
-Zak L. v. Cambridge School Committee, 30 IDELR 863, 3/31/99

D. Confidentiality Requirements:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
-North Kansas City, (MO) Sch. Dist., 31 IDELR 119 (3/ 16/00)

E. Length of Ride
-Livermore Valley (CA) Joint Unified Sch. Dist., 31 IDELR 8 3/16/00

F. Parent Reimbursement Entitlement
Niskayuna Central Sch. Dist., 30 IDELR 913, (NY) 5/7/99
-San Luis Valley (Co) Bd. of Coop. Serv., 31 IDELR 836/16/00
-San Mateo-Foster City Sch. Dist., 31 IDELR 23 (CA) 3/16/99

G. Safety versus Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Special Bus versus Regular Bus
-Harris County School System, 29 IDELR 1010, (Georgia) 12/23/98
-Salem-Keizer School District 24J, (Oregon) 29 IDELR 801, 6/15/98

H. Transport a student with disabilities to extracurricular activities
-San Diego (CA) Unified School District, 30 IDELR 628, 11/98

I. Travel training on the school bus helps determine
the appropriateness of a student's placement
-Portland School District, 30 IDELR 836, 6/99
-Las Virgenes Unified School District, (CA), 31 IDELR 96, 1/20/99

J. Parent Reimbursement Entitlement
-Niskayuna Central School District, 30 IDELR 913, (NY) 5/7/99.
-San Mateo-Foster City School District, 31 IDELR 23, (CA) 2/99.

IDEA: Focusing on Change in the New Millennium

III. Driver Training Requirements

Reference: Special Needs Transportation Law: 1999 in Review. Burns, P.A., Esq. & Bluth, L.F. Education Compliance Group, Inc. Lafayette, Colorado, 80026.

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Peggy A. Burns, Esq.
Education Compliance Press
PO Box 221
LaFayette, CO 80026
Ph: (303) 604-6141 Fax: (303) 604-6143