IDEA and Private Schools 2022: What You Need to Know NOW

Agenda / Content Covered

3:00 - 4:00, Nicole D. Snyder

1. Overview of the IDEA: Background and Purpose
2. Ed Department Guidance: Changes for SEAs, LEAs, and Students With Disabilities
   1. “FAPE Is Not at Issue” - Understanding the Three Categories of Students With Disabilities
   2. Child Find and Evaluations
   3. Consultation
   4. New Topics: Out-of-State Students, Equitable Services Providers, Extended School Closures, etc.
3. Impact on Private Schools and Students With Disabilities
4. Best Practices for Ensuring Compliance With the IDEA
5. Case Law Update and Recent Trends

Accreditation Details:

Nicole D Snyder is the chair of the special education law practice group at McKenna Snyder LLC. She concentrates her practice in the areas of special education law, charter school law, education law, school reform, and insurance defense. Ms. Snyder represents clients in a variety of matters pertaining to state and federal laws and regulations, including but not limited to IDEA and Section 504. Prior to entering private practice, she clerked for the Honorable Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Ms. Snyder has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle & Western Districts of Pennsylvania, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the Supreme Court of Ohio. She is also a member of PBA's Legal Services for Exceptional Children Committee and has been an invited lecturer at state and national conferences on special education and education law topics, including sessions at: PBI's Exceptional Children's Conferences; Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools' conferences; Education Law Association; and Lehigh University. Ms. Snyder is also a registered lobbyist. She earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Villanova University and her J.D. degree from Villanova University School of Law.