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ERIC Number: EJ329783
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Reimbursing Parents for Unilateral Placements in Private Special Education Schools.
Goldberg, Steven S.
Exceptional Children, v52 n4 p390-94 Jan 1986
In Burlington School Committee v. Department of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the law does not bar parents from making unilateral placements, but they may be reimbursed only if the private educational program is eventually approved through the appeal set forth in the law. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Costs, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools, Student Placement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Burlington v Massachusetts
Note: Special Issue: Litigation and Special Education.