The U.S. Supreme Court (Court) has agreed to hear a case that questions whether students filing disability discrimination claims must prove that public school officials acted with discriminatory intent through “bad faith or gross misjudgment.”
In A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, a Minnesota student, Ava, and her parents are challenging an 8th Circuit ruling from March 2024 that children with disabilities who claim disability discrimination in educational settings under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 must meet a high standard to potentially receive monetary damages.
In their filing, the petitioners are asking the Court to “resolve deep divisions in the lower courts and enforce the plain terms of key statutes protecting vulnerable children from discrimination by their schools.”
As of yet, no date has been set for oral arguments.
Click here for more details. Source: K-12 Dive