Allan G. Osborne & Charles Russo 
Special Education and the Law [PDF ebook] 
A Guide for Practitioners

Online Resources for Special Education and the Law, Fourth Edition
Foreword – Richard D. Lavoie
Foreword – Suzanne Eckes
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Special Education Law: An Introduction
Key Updates
Sources of Law
Court Systems
Finding Legal Material
History of the Equal Educational Opportunity Movement
Legislative Mandates
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommendations
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 2: Rights to a Free Appropriate Public Education
Key Updates
Free Appropriate Public Education
Least Restrictive Environment
Entitlement to Services
Child-Find
Students in Non-Public Schools
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommendations
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 3: Related Services, Assistive Technology, and Transition Services
Key Updates
Related Services
Assistive Technology
Transition Services
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommendations
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 4: Parent and Student Rights
Key Updates
Parental Rights
Student Records and Privacy
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommendations
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 5: Due Process Procedures for Evaluation, Development of IEPs, and Placement
Key Updates
Evaluation Procedures
Developing Individualized Education Programs
Changes in Placements
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommendations
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 6: Student Discipline
Key Updates
Pre-1997 Case Law
The 1997 and 2004 IDEA Amendments
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommendations
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 7: Dispute Resolution
Key Updates
Resolution Sessions
Mediation
Due Process Hearings
Judicial Review
Statutes of Limitations
Cases Under Other Statutes
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommendations
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 8: Remedies for Failure to Provide a Free Appropriate Public Education
Key Updates
Tuition Reimbursement
Compensatory Educational Services
Attorney Fees and Costs
Damages
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommendations
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 9: Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Key Updates
Eligibility for Protections Under Section 504 and the ADA
Discrimination in Education Prohibited
Otherwise Qualified Students with Disabilities
Providing Reasonable Accommodations
Testing and Evaluation
Participation in Athletics and Extracurricular Activities
Section 504 Service Plans
Defenses to Charges of Noncompliance
Frequently Asked Questions
Recommendations
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 10: Conflict Management: IDEA Compliance
Key Updates
Preventative Law
Dispute Resolution
Selecting an Attorney
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
Endnotes
Glossary
Index

Charles J. Russo, JD, Ed D, is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Allied Professions and adjunct professor in the School of Law at the University of Dayton. He was the 1998–1999 president of the Education Law Association and 2002 recipient of its Mc Ghehey (Achievement) Award. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals; has authored, coauthored, edited, or coedited 40 books; and has in excess of 800 publications. Russo also speaks extensively on issues in education law in the United States and abroad.Along with having spoken in 33 states and 25 nations on 6 continents, Russo has taught summer courses in England, Spain, and Thailand; he also has served as a visiting professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane and the University of Newcastle, Australia; the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; South East European University, Macedonia; the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa; the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He regularly serves as a visiting professor at the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University.Before joining the faculty at the University of Dayton as professor and chair of the Department of Educational Administration in July 1996, Russo taught at the University of Kentucky in Lexington from August 1992 to July 1996 and at Fordham University in his native New York City from September 1989 to July 1992. He taught high school for 8½ years before and after graduation from law school. He received a BA (classical civilization) in 1972, a JD in 1983, and an Ed D (educational administration and supervision) in 1989 from St. John’s University in New York City. He also received a master of divinity degree from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, New York, in 1978, as well as a Ph D Honoris Causa from the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University, South Africa, in May 2004 for his contributions to the field of education law.