Education Week

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to rule in favor of a Minnesota student with a severe form of epilepsy by tossing out a federal appeals court standard that makes it more difficult for families to prevail against school districts under two key federal disability-discrimination laws. The main question after nearly 90 minutes of an often technical but sometimes fiery oral argument in  A.J.T.  v.  Osseo Area Schools was whether the victory for the student would be narrow in scope or the justices would use the case to more clearly define the liability standard for families and schools nationwide under the two laws—the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.