Disability Rights Wisconsin Petition for Review en banc in Three-Judge Panel Ruling in Jamie S.

February 17, 2012
On February 3, 2012, a federal appeals circuit court in Chicago ruled that Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) would not be required to retroactively identify all students since 2000 who might have needed special education services through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The ruling is the latest turn in Jamie S., et al., v. Milwaukee Public Schools, which was filed as a class action lawsuit by Disabilty Rights Wisconsin in 2001 against the district and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). However, the three-judge panel that issued the ruling was not unanimous, so Disability . . .