How To Protect Special Education During COVID-19: From the Courts to the Capitol

Authors

Sarah Coleman, University of Miami School of Law.

Document Type

Note

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced students around the country out of brick-and-mortar schools and into virtual classrooms. While the switch to remote learning has helped keep students and teachers safe from contracting the virus, students with disabilities have largely been deprived of a meaningful education and in person services mandated under federal law. This essay will explain how students have been denied a free appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), how litigation has been unsuccessful in creating systemic change for these students, and how public policy by U.S. legislators can offer a solution.

Recommended Citation

Sarah Coleman, How To Protect Special Education During COVID-19: From the Courts to the Capitol, 12 U. MIA Race & Soc. Just. L. Rev. 249 (2022)
Available at: https://repository.law.miami.edu/umrsjlr/vol12/iss2/5