Within this case the parent (Doug C.) argued that Hawaii School board infringed his sons rights under the IDEA Act by having an IEP meeting without his presence or consent. The reason behind the case that the school held a IEP meeting on date the parent could not attend, due to his non-attendance the school district removed Spencer C. from Horizon Academy(which he was at since 5th grade), a private special education facility to a Workplace Readiness Program at Mali High School (at the age of 18) without the parents’ consent. Doug based his argument on the portion of the IDEA act that states that explicit parental participation requirements. However, the school did try to work with the parent but the evaluation year renewal date was approaching.
