Batchelor v. Rose Tree Media Sch. Dist., No. 13-2192 (3d Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseThe Batchelors sued the Rose Tree Media School District and six individual employees under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1400-1482, the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. 794(a) (Section 504), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101-12213, based on the treatment of their son, a high school student was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. They claimed that the district failed to honor a settlement of prior claims and retaliation against their son. The district court dismissed for intentional failure to exhaust the administrative remedies under the IDEA. The Third Circuit affirmed, finding that the claims fell within the ambit of the IDEA and required exhaustion and that no exception to the IDEA’s exhaustion requirement applies under the facts presented.
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