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= **School District of Wisconsin Dells v. Z. S. (7 th Circuit Court, 2002)** =

The court held that the District’s decision to provide a home bound education program for a student with autism did not violate IDEA. From kindergarten through fourth grade, Z. S. had a history of kicking and biting people, tearing his clothes and breaking furniture. At age ten, he was placed in a residential facility where he did well. The following school year, attempts were made to return him to the public school setting, but he again was violent, disruptive, and truant. He was placed in a specialized school, but was removed after less than a month. Finally, the District determined (after a month without providing services) that it would educate the student at his home. Although the child’s guardian sued the district because she wanted him to attend the public school, the court held that given the child’s history of unmanageable, violent behavior, the district reasonably concluded that there was no basis for believing that he could function successfully in a regular school environment. []

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