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Parent tells board school attorneys sought to block federal court access in special-education case
Summary
A parent who said she is assisting families described litigation steps and argued school lawyers improperly tried to prevent pro se parents from bringing a federal lawsuit, citing the 2007 Winkleman decision.
Linda Montalbano, a parent and advocate who addressed the Highlands County School Board during public comment, described a special-education dispute that she said is now in federal court and criticized how the district's outside counsel handled procedural issues.
Montalbano told the board that in a December federal filing the school district's attorney argued a parent could not proceed to federal court without an attorney. "They cannot go pro se," she said the school attorney argued.…
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