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• Update: January 2025

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  Thank you for choosing to stay current in your practice and research with this 2025 edition of Organizing, Financing, and Advising a Massachusetts Business . Inside, you will find new material on such topics as the following:

  • Climate-related risk and the impact on business strategy. See chapter 8 for discussion of the 2024 SEC rule, published in the Federal Register, mandating robust financial and nonfinancial disclosure of climate-related risks in registration statements and annual reports.

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  • Contaminated property. See chapter 8 for discussion of contractual obligations with regard to disclosure of contamination, as related to the availability of a third-party defense. The chapter also addresses bona fide prospective purchaser and contiguous property owners' defenses related to the ASTM standard for Phase I reports.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 01 expand

An Overview of Special Education Law

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Daniel W. Ahearn, Esq.,

Checklist 1.1

- Special Education Eligibility Checklist Buy Form

Checklist 1.2

- Checklist for Examining the Independent Evaluation Option Buy Form

Checklist 1.3

- Services and Placements Checklist Buy Form

Checklist 1.4

- Checklist for Special Education Hearings Buy Form

Exhibit 1A

- IDEA Discipline Outline Buy Form

Chapter 02 expand

Practice Before the Bureau of Special Education Appeals

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Sara P. Berman, Esq., Bureau of Special Education Appeals, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Alina Kantor Nir, Esq., Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Checklist 2.1

- Checklist of the Basic Elements of a BSEA Expedited Hearing Schedule Buy Form

Exhibit 2A

- IEP Rejection/Nonresponse Packet and BSEA Mediation Options Buy Form

Exhibit 2B

- Hearing Rules for Special Education Appeals Buy Form

Exhibit 2C

- BSEA Standing Orders Buy Form

Exhibit 2D

- Hearing Request Form Buy Form

Exhibit 2E

- Notice of Hearing—Parent Inititated Hearing Buy Form

Exhibit 2F

- Notice of Hearing—School Inititiated Hearing Buy Form

Exhibit 2G

- Notice of Accelerated Hearing—Parent Initiated Hearing Buy Form

Exhibit 2H

- Notice of Accelerated Hearing—School Initiated Hearing Buy Form

Exhibit 2I

- Notice of Expedited Hearing—Parent Initiated Hearing Buy Form

Exhibit 2J

- Notice of Expedited Hearing—School Initiated Hearing Buy Form

Exhibit 2K

- LEA Notice of Hearing Buy Form

Exhibit 2L

- Advancement/Postponement Request Form Buy Form

Exhibit 2M

- Statement on the Effect of BSEA Decision and Rights of Appeal Buy Form

Chapter 03 expand

Advocating on Behalf of Students and Parents

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Robert K. Crabtree, Esq.,
Eileen M. Hagerty, Esq., Kotin, Crabtree & Strong LLP

Checklist 3.1

- Checklist of Questions for Initial Review of Client’s Records Buy Form

Exhibit 3A

- Sample SPED Intake Form Buy Form

Exhibit 3B

- Feedback from BSEA Hearing Officers Buy Form

Chapter 04 expand

Advocating on Behalf of School Districts

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Rebecca L. Bouchard, Esq., Chicopee Public Schools

Checklist 4.1

- Specific Areas of Need to Be Considered in Developing IEPs for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Buy Form

Exhibit 4A

- Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2014-1: DSM-5 Changes and the Impact on Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Buy Form

Exhibit 4B

- Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2007-1: Autism Spectrum Disorder Buy Form

Exhibit 4C

- Transition Planning Form (TPF) Buy Form

Exhibit 4D

- Chart Showing Options for Disciplining Children with Disabilities Buy Form

Exhibit 4E

- Chart Showing Requirements for “Removals” Under 1999 IDEA Regulations Buy Form

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