MOORE et al v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al, No. 1:2009cv00656 - Document 14 (D.D.C. 2009)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION, granting Stay Put injunction. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 4/22/09. (kc)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DANITA MOORE, In her own right, and as next friend of her son, D.M. ) ) ) ) AND DM, a minor, by his mother and next friend, Danita Moore, Plaintiffs, v. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Case No. 09-656 (RJL) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, A municipal corporation, ) ) ) ) ) ) AND MICHELLE RHEE, In her official capacity as, Chancellor, D.C.P.S., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) k&. MEMORANDUM ORDER April 7 2.; 2009 [#3] Plaintiffs seek a "stay put" injunction under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. ยง 1415U), to maintain PlaintiffDM's current educational situation at School Finders, LLC ("School Finders") pending review of plaintiffs' administrative complaint challenging the defendants' recent decision to change PlaintiffDM's educational placement to Village Academy. Having established that this change would constitute a "fundamental change in ... a basic element of [DM's] educational program," see Laster v. District a/Columbia, 394 F. Supp. 2d 60,64 (D.D.C. 2005), and having established that a change to Village Academy at this point in the academic year would not be substantially similar to either attending Accotink Academy or School Finders, plaintiffs are entitled to a stay put injunction pending the conclusion of their administrative challenge to defendants' proposed change in DM's placement, see Laster v. DC, 439 F. Supp. 2d 93,98 (D.D.C. 2006). In addition, plaintiffs have demonstrated that DM is entitled to continue to receive the necessary transportation costs to attend School Finders, as well as those supplemental services required by Plaintiff DM's IEP at School Finders pending the resolution of their administrative complaint. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that PlaintiffDM shall continue to receive his education at School Finders pending the resolution of the plaintiffs' administrative complaint, and it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff DM shall receive the necessary transportation costs he is entitled to under his IEP at School Finders pending the resolution of plaintiffs' administrative complaint, and it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff DM shall continue to receive whatever supplemental services he is entitled to under his IEP at School Finders pending the resolution of plaintiffs' administrative complaint, and finally it is 2 ORDERED that the parties shall notify this Court in writing as soon as possible thereafter as to either the resolution of plaintiffs' pending administrative complaint, or any other action by the plaintiffs to terminate, stay, or delay the administrative review process. SO ORDERED. United States District Judge 3
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