In the Rearview Mirror 2010 Legal Year in Review


Part I As I consider the variety of cases involving special needs transportation de-


By Peggy A. Burns, Esq.


cided last year, I am especially looking forward to the Transporting Students with Disabilities Conference in Kansas City this spring when Dr. Linda Bluth, NAPT’s president, and I will once again “have at it” about current legal and compliance issues. With special needs transportation a necessary “survivor” of budget cuts, creative approaches will be necessary to decision-making and implementation. Tis glance into the rearview mirror of 2010’s legal matters relating, primarily, to students with disabilities, indicates key issues of impor- tance for school transportation professionals across the nation. Part II of “In the Rearview Mirror” — in the March edition of STN — will focus on employment- related issues – with equal need for “out-of-the box” thinking. Disability-based discrimination. Te Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has report-


ed that this fiscal year saw the largest jump in complaints in at least 10 years — an 11 percent jump — to nearly 7,000 complaints. Specifically mentioned


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