by kids1stadvocac | Nov 11, 2025 | Federal
Last week, COPAA and several other advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in support of a student with a disability who is in the foster care system in Y.C.Q. v. Chichester School District. You can read the...
by kids1stadvocac | Nov 11, 2025 | Federal
On October 30, COPAA and several other organizations, law firms, lawyers, and legal scholars filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Y.A. v. Hamtramck, a case in which a group parents of children with disabilities sued their...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 14, 2025 | Federal
In an important victory last week in Jacobs v. Salt Lake City School District, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in favor of the plaintiffs—two students with intellectual disabilities and the Disability Law Center— in their lawsuit...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 7, 2025 | Federal
In a decision filed on September 29th, a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overruled a lower court decision and temporarily allowed the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to continue reducing Office for Civil Rights (OCR) staff. At issue...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 19, 2025 | Federal
COPAA filed an amicus brief in the 4th circuit earlier this month in CD v. Arlington School Board. Longtime COPAA member, Melissa Waugh, represents the family. COPAA’s brief focused on the statute of limitations and child find, or evaluations in all areas of suspected...
