• Site Updates

    Special Education Law is undergoing maintenance through October 14th, and some features are not currently working as expected (such as certain Boolean terms, content highlighting, and advanced search). Once the updates are complete, search functionality will be significantly faster and support more complex Boolean terms and queries. Thank you for…

  • New BSEA Decision and Rulings – December 12, 2019

    In re:  Nalini v. Nashoba Regional School District – BSEA #19-06261 In re: Student v. Nashoba Regional School District – BSEA #19-09691 In re: Student v. Manchester-Essex Regional School District – BSEA #20-03498

  • Milestone: 20,000 Searches

    I am pleased to announce that yesterday the Special Education Law database was searched for the 20,000th time since launching less than six months ago. Folks might have noticed a significant speed bump in March/April, as I transitioned the database onto a new platform. The site is now running on…

  • One powerful search

    If you have tried to find an older BSEA decision online, you probably found the process very time-consuming. You have to navigate to a different website to check a regulation, and yet another to read a DESE guidance. A few years back, I created a searchable database for myself. A central database where I could quickly and…