Title: In re S.M

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

In re S.M (2002-214); 175 Vt. 524; 824 A.2d 593

2003 VT 41

[Filed 01-Apr-2003]

                                 ENTRY ORDER

                                 2003 VT 41

                      SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2002-214

                              MARCH TERM, 2003

  In re S.M.	                       }	APPEALED FROM:
                                       }
                                       }
                                       }	Department of Education
                                       }	
                                       }
                                       }	DOCKET NO. 0204

             In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       ¶  1.  Appellants, parents of S.M., appeal from an administrative
  decision by a hearing officer disallowing S.M.'s enrollment in a home study
  program on the grounds that appellants failed to comply with 16 V.S.A. §
  166b, in particular, that appellants did not provide "independent
  professional evidence" of the existence or nonexistence of a disability as
  required by 16 V.S.A. § 166b(a)(4).  Appellants contend that the hearing
  officer's interpretation of § 166b(a)(4) violates the plain meaning of the
  statute, contravenes the legislative intent behind the statute, is contrary
  to this Court's holding in In re T.M., 171 Vt. 1,