Individuals with Disabilities Education Act : Awards of Attorneys' Fees.

Reviews provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) authorizing courts to award reasonable attorneys' fees to the parents or guardian of a child or youth with a disability who prevails in a court action or an administrative proceeding brought under the statute. Summariz...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1996.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Children with disabilities. Actions and defenses. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) authorizing courts to award reasonable attorneys' fees to the parents or guardian of a child or youth with a disability who prevails in a court action or an administrative proceeding brought under the statute. Summarizes Supreme Court cases interpreting IDEA attorney fees provisions, analyzes IDEA provisions for calculating awards, and compares attorney fee provisions in House- and Senate-passed bills in the 104th Congress that would have amended IDEA.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.