High Court to Hear Md. Special-Ed Case: "Jocelyn and Martin Schaffer realized their son Brian was having trouble learning when, as a toddler, he was slow in beginning to speak and didn't like to color or draw. When he was old enough, they put him in a private school, but soon the teachers there told the Potomac family that Brian needed even more help.
The family turned to the Montgomery County school system, which developed a special education plan for Brian, who by then was in seventh grade. But the Schaffers thought the plan was inadequate, and when the county would not alter it, they went to court to try to get it changed."
With more than 6.4 million school-aged children in the United States receiving special education, such disputes are not uncommon. How to settle them has been the difficulty. And now, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide.
The justices will hear oral arguments today on who bears the burden of proof in such legal disputes, parents or school systems, with the outcome likely to have a significant impact on the country's schools and special education.
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