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Ask and You Shall Receive: Ninth Circuit Clarifies IEP Request Formalities Do Not Limit FAPE Rights

In L.B. v. San Diego Unified School District (9th Cir. 2026) 168 F.4th 1150, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that both the District Court and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) erred in holding that a school district was not required to offer a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to a parentally-placed private school (PPPS) child if the parents requested an “IEP meeting” instead of an “IEP document.”...

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