What do you think the impact will be of the Supreme Court's decision to fund IDEA private placement?

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by ldiinariz
Monday, June 22, 2009

This morning in a 6-3 vote the Supreme Court has ruled that "IDEA authorizes reimbursement for private special-education services when a public school fails to provide a FAPE and the private-school placement is appropriate, regardless of whether the child previously received special-education services through the public school.

The decision can be read here: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/08-305.pdf