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181095P.pdf 01/03/2019 E. D. v. Palmyra R-I School District
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-1095
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Hannibal
[PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Melloy, Circuit
Judge]
Civil case - Education law. Defendant school district offered plaintiffs
Individualized Education Plans for their child under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act rather than the Rehabilitation Act section 504
plan the plaintiffs desired; plaintiffs refused the offers and brought a
section 504 action against the district. Held: Where parents refuse
special education services for their child under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act and bring suit under another act, they must
first exhaust their administrative remedies under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act if the relief they seek in the suit is also
available under the IDEA.