In a rare unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dec.... The decision reverses one from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

However, the 9-0 decision in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools did not address whether IDEA’s requirement to exhaust its administrative process can be sidestepped in cases where completing the process would be “futile” and whether ADA should provide financial compensation to Miguel Perez, the plaintiff.

The family of Perez, a deaf student who attended Michigan’s Sturgis Public School District, originally filed the case saying the district misled them about their child’s ability to earn a high school diploma. 

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