Bush Administration Supports Montgomery Schools in Lawsuit

Supreme Court to Review Case Involving Special-Ed Options
By Nick Anderson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 28, 2005; Page A04

The Bush administration has sided with school systems in a special education dispute between a disabled student's parents and the Montgomery County public schools that is before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The lawsuit centers on who has the burden of proof when a student's special education plan is under challenge: the person who objects to the plan, or the school officials who devised it. At stake in the case are questions about individual student rights and public school funding priorities.

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