Authored by two past presidents of the Educational Law Association, this essential guide translates legalese into your language and allows you to focus on your core competency: providing excellent education for students with special needs. Updated to reflect significant court decisions and new developments, the book features: extensive coverage of IDEA's reauthorization, Section 504 and the ADA, and FAPE and LRE; new analysis of parent and student rights; guidance on discipline; a preventative approach to special education litigation; and focus on federal and state interpretations of the law.