A07-1, Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale, Minnesota, Relator, vs. Minnesota Department of Education, Respondent.

State: Minnesota

Court: Court of Appeals

Docket No: A07-1

Case Date: 03/25/2008

Preview:STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A07-1 Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale, Minnesota, Relator, vs. Minnesota Department of Education, Respondent. Filed January 8, 2008 Affirmed Shumaker, Judge Minnesota Department of Education File No. 07-005C

Stephen M. Knutson, Peter A. Martin, Knutson, Flynn & Deans, P.A., 1155 Centre Pointe Drive, Suite 10, Mendota Heights, MN 55120 (for relator) Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Martha J. Casserly, Assistant Attorney General, 1200 Bremer Tower, 445 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101-2130 (for respondent)

Considered and decided by Klaphake, Presiding Judge; Shumaker, Judge; and Worke, Judge. SYLLABUS 1. When the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) receives a written

complaint from a complaining parent regarding a dispute over the provision of special education services to that parents child, the MDE has the general authority and

responsibility to investigate the complaint, assess the local school districts policies raised thereby, and, if necessary, order corrective action as may be appropriate for that child and others similarly situated. 2. Minn. Stat.

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