Federal Trial Court Rules School Administrators May Be Sued in Their Individual Capacities For Alleged IDEA Violations – Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn

Federal Trial Court Rules School Administrators May Be Sued in Their Individual Capacities For Alleged IDEA Violations – Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn

In Simmons v. Mount Vernon City School District, a parent filed suit against the district, a special education cooperative, and two individual school administrators for multiple alleged civil rights violations. The student, with significant cognitive and physical deficits, attended a public day school program. He was disciplined in 2016 for bringing marijuana to school. The parent alleged that he did not receive a required Manifestation Determin…