2nd Circuit Reinstates Class Complaint Over Remote NYC Teaching During Pandemic

Mealey's (February 7, 2023, 9:56 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel issued a summary order vacating a trial court’s dismissal of putative class claims by New York City students with disabilities and their parents alleging that the students were denied free and appropriate public education (FAPE) during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic when all teaching was done remotely, finding in part that the students and parents sufficiently alleged that they properly bypassed administrative exhaustion....