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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Plaintiff v. WILLIAM CHARLES STEFFEY, et al., Defendants * * Civil Action No. AMD 05-253 * * *

MEMORANDUM OPINION In this case, to the consternation of the local board of education, the parents of a special education student have been awarded reimbursement for their child's tuition at a nonpublic school for the 2002-2003 school year. The controversy arose when the Anne Arundel Country Public Schools (AACPS) proposed that the student transfer from his then placement at the Baltimore Lab School to a different non-public school, the High Road Academy. Concerned that the change of schools would be detrimental to their son's learning process, the parents, William and Jeanne Steffey, refused the new placement and re-enrolled their son in the Lab School. When AACPS refused to pay the tuition, the parents requested a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ) pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C.

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