Via the Washington Post:
"Parents should not be forced to hire a lawyer to sue public school districts over their children's special education needs, the lawyer for parents of an autistic child told the Supreme Court Tuesday."
In the case of Winkelman v. Parma City School District, 05-983, the Winkelmans have spent about $30,000 on lawyers.
The article reads:
"Most federal courts have said parents don't have the right to sue and, if they are not lawyers, cannot represent their children in lawsuits filed under the Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act, the main federal special education law."
The parents do not want their son educated in the public school but in a private school that costs $6000 a year.
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