THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION LAW REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE FREE EDUCATION TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THEY TURN 22 (THIRD DEPT).
The Third Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Reynolds Fitzgerald, reversing Supreme Court, determined that the New York State Education Department (SED) properly held that school districts, pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Law, are required to provide free education to individuals with disabilities until the day before they turn 22. The opinion resolved a conflict between applicable laws and is too complex to fairly summarize here. Matter of Mahopac Cent. Sch. Dist. v New York State Educ. Dept., 2025 NY Slip Op 04214, Third Dept 7-17-25
Same issues and result in Matter of Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free Sch. Dist. v New York State Educ. Dept., 2025 NY Slip Op 04211, Third Dept 7-17-25
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