Special Education

Massachusetts communities spend a growing percentage of their education budgets meeting the needs of special-education students -- and they do so against the backdrop of dynamic service-delivery models. An understanding of the decisions and mediation practices of the Bureau of Special Education Appeals is critical to the effective administration of special-needs programs and for successful advocacy on behalf of students and their families.

Landlaw's Massachusetts Special Education Reporter (MSER) provides the information necessary to achieve such an understanding. Published quarterly since 1995, MSER includes all written decisions of the Bureau of Special Education Appeals as well as detailed case-by-case subject-matter digests, cumulative subject-matter indices linked to over 300 subject-matter classifications, cumulative indices of case, MGL, and CMR citations, relevant statutes, and other critical regulatory and community information.

In addition, MSER provides insightful quarterly commentary on BSEA and appellate-level decisions, from both a school-district and a student/parent perspective. Miriam Freedman of Stoneman, Chandler & Miller and Lawrence Kotin, and Robert Crabtree of Kotin, Crabtree and Strong provide expert analyses.

Private-sector and library subscriptions are offered at $385 per year. Discounted subscriptions to MSER are available to school departments and special-needs advocates. To order a subscription, simply call us at (617) 879-3133 or (800) 637-6330 (Massachusetts only) or e-mail us at ordermser@landlaw.com and we will enroll you immediately.