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Special Education Due Process Hearing Brief
Special Education Due Process Hearing Brief
News From the Front
By Heather Zakson, Esq.
“If the Board had authorized the proposed regulation, thousands of children would have been stranded without their aides and therapists.
And the public schools, unable to provide for these students’ needs, would have been in legal jeopardy with no way to implement IEPs.”
Resolution of Disputes with Public Agencies
Successfully negotiated rate increases and avoided rate decreases in contract renewal, guided clients through hostile financial audits, successfully avoided threatened closure of our client’s child care facility by DSS, successfully defeated a school district’s effort to force our client’s NPS to serve as “stayput” placement for a student in a protracted due process dispute.
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We can help you navigate certification, vendorization and monitoring processes, and protect your business interests in case of a financial audit brought by a school district, SELPA or Regional Center.
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We assist our institutional clients in all aspects of the contracting process with public agencies. This includes contract negotiation, contract interpretation, contract termination, contract enforcement and defense of alleged breach of contract obligations.
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Our firm has the expertise and experience to litigate complex issues and appeals in federal and state forums.
Resolution of Disputes with Public Agencies
EXCERPT: Resolution of Disputes with Public Agencies
WE UNDERSTAND Families have enough battles to overcome in everyday life living with special needs children. We know. Many of our staff members are parents of special needs children and have gone through the difficult educational and emotional processes you are experiencing.
A TEAM APPROACH
The Law Offices of Bonnie Z. Yates, Inc. employs a team approach in securing your child's education rights. Our team is composed of attorneys, skilled education professionals and support staff committed to assisting you in obtaining all the education services to which your child is entitled.
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Please call 310-204-6624 for more information. The initial consultation is free.
Bonnie Z Yates
Bonnie Yates is an attorney with over 25 years of experience. In 1994, when her second child was diagnosed with autism, Ms. Yates focused her legal practice exclusively on special education to help her son obtain the educational services he needed. Ms. Yates and her team of lawyers have helped hundreds of children obtain vital educational services.
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