NYC wins tuition case as court rejects parents’ private online school claim

A federal judge rules the placement failed to meet a disabled student’s educational needs.

New York, NY – A federal judge has ruled in favor of the New York City Department of Education (DOE), denying a family’s request for tuition reimbursement after finding their unilateral placement of a student in an online private school did not meet legal standards under federal disability law.

The case centered on L.C.W., a teenager with multiple diagn...