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R.B. v. Mastery Charter School

762 F. Supp. 2d 745 (2010)

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R.B. v. Mastery Charter School

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
762 F. Supp. 2d 745 (2010)

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Facts

R.B. was a teenager with Down’s syndrome who attended Mastery Charter School (Mastery) (defendant), a public charter school operating within the School District of Philadelphia (the district) (defendant). As a result of her disability and associated medical conditions, R.B. was frequently absent from school. Mastery modified her schedule to accommodate this and did not track her absenteeism, although there was a state law in place requiring schools to disenroll students who were absent for a certain number of days. After a conflict between Mastery personnel and R.B.’s mother (plaintiff), R.B.’s mother initiated an administrative appeal against Mastery. Around the same time, Mastery began recording R.B.’s absences and then unilaterally disenrolled R.B. R.B.’s mother eventually requested in an administrative-hearing procedure that R.B. be reinstated at Mastery under the stay-put provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The hearing officer refused to reinstate R.B. at Mastery during the appeal process, finding that no placement was actually active when the appeal began. R.B.’s mother appealed that ruling in federal district court, filing a motion for a stay-put injunction.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Rufe, J.)

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