Gary Dubinsky

The parents of a 14-year-old developmentally handicapped student appealed the school board's decision to place the student in a segregated Junior Developmentally Handicapped program.

The parents sought full integration in a regular classroom with a full-time teaching assistant.

The Tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding that the student's significant developmental delays and need for specialized life skills instruction could not be adequately addressed in a regular classroom, and that the board's proposed placement offered the most appropriate environment for the student's educational and social development.

The parents of a 13-year-old student with Down Syndrome appealed the school board's Identification, Placement, and Review Committee (IPRC) decision.

The IPRC identified the student as multi-exceptional and recommended placement in a life skills class with integration into a regular class.

The parents argued the student had only a communications exceptionality and should be fully integrated into a regular grade 8 classroom.

The Tribunal applied the principles from E. v. Brant (County) Board of Education, finding that the school board had made all reasonable efforts to integrate the student and that the segregated placement was justified as a last resort.

The Tribunal dismissed the appeal and affirmed the IPRC's identification and placement decisions.