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Course Syllabus............................................................................................................. 1 Case Briefing Exercise.................................................................................................. 3 Chapter 1: Introduction to the American Legal System............................................... 4 Chapter 2: Legal Research............................................................................................. 12 Chapter 3: The History of the Law and Children with Disabilities.............................. 21 Chapter 4: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act........................................ 28 Chapter 5: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act......................................................... 35 Chapter 6: The Americans with Disabilities Act.......................................................... 43 Chapter 7: The Every Student Succeeds Act................................................................ 50 Chapter 8: Free Appropriate Public Education............................................................ 56 Chapter 9: Identification, Assessment, & Eligibility.................................................... 64 Chapter 10: The Individualized Education Program.................................................... 71 Chapter 11: Least Restrictive Environment................................................................. 78 Chapter 12: Procedural Safeguards.............................................................................. 85 Chapter 13: Disciplining Students with Disabilities.................................................... 92 Chapter 14: Additional Issues: Bullying, Response to Intervention, Educational Records, and Liability...................................................................................................

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Chapter 1: Introduction to the American Legal System

Chapter 1 Resources

Books and Articles

Bonfield, L. (2006). American law and the American legal system in a nutshell. Eagan, MN: Thomson West.

Davis, J. (2007). Legislative law and process in a nutshell. Eagan, MN: Thomson West.

Hilyerd, W. A. (2004). Using the law library: A guide for educators-Part 1: Untangling the legal system. Journal of Law and Education, 33 (2), 213-224.

Reynolds, W.L. (2003). Judicial process in a nutshell (3 rd

ed.). Eagan, MN: Thomson West.

Web resources

Executive and Legislative Process

https://www.congress.gov/legislative-process , A series of nine very good videos on the legislative process.

http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/federal.shtml, How the U.S. government is organized.

https://www.whitehouse.gov, Official website of the President of the U.S.

http://www.senate.gov/, Official website of the U.S. Senate.

http://www.house.gov/, Official website of the U.S. House of Representatives.

https://www.congress.gov/, Officials website for U.S. federal legislative information.

U.S. Constitution and state constitutions

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html, the official website for the U.S.Constitution.

http://www.usconstitution.net/stateconst.html, Constitutions for all 50 states.

Federal and state courts

http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts, About federal courts.

http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/federal-courts-public/court-website-links, Federal 3 / 4

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http://www.ncsc.org/Information-and-Resources/Browse-by-State/State-Court-Websites.aspx, State court web sites

http://www.supremecourt.gov/, Homepage of the U.S. Supreme Court.

http://www.scotusblog.com/, Blog of the U.S. Supreme Court.

http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

https://www.ca7.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov, Homepage of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Case Briefing Exercise

Smith v. Robinson, Rhode Island Associate Commissioner of Education (1984). Retrieved from https://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/usrep468/usrep468992/usrep468992.pdf. The U.S.Supreme Court was very important, especially because of the dissent which resulted in Congress adding attorney fees to the IDEA.

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