The critical requirement of the Spill Act's innocent landowner defense involves the due diligence procedure which must be undertaken prior to acquisition. In New Jersey, performance of an environmental investigation in accordance with the ASTM standards will not be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Spill Act innocent landowner defense. The common method of environmental due diligence used in commercial real estate has been the performance of a Phase I investigation, since that s the report most often required by lenders and, consequently, most often requested by potential purchasers in their due diligence activities. Childhood disability can disguise itself as academic failure or even willfulness. Every child with a disability is entitled to a free and appropriate public education.
Placement can begin when a parent requests an evaluation, or when a district proposes one.
Either way, parents may fear that their child will be unfairly labeled, or that the school system has some incentive to classify the child, or that the child s education has been taken out of their hands. Before a child is placed in a special education program, she is evaluated by the child study team at her school, with an eye toward whatever the suspected disability is. The child is assessed by a school psychologist, a learning disabilities teacher-consultant, a school social worker and a physician employed by the school. Neurologists, speech-language specialists, psychiatrists and other professionals may be consulted where a child s needs warrant. The child is observed in class and may be given standardized tests.