Opinion ID: 3153552
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Text: This appeal arises from allegations that AKC, a child with autism, suffered abuse at school by her special-education teacher, Vickie Cantrell. AKC’s parents, Ted and Bella Carroll, filed suit in federal district court against Ms. Cantrell, the school district, and others, seeking damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and a variety of state-law theories. The district court dismissed the Carrolls’ federal claims, concluding the Carrolls had not exhausted their administrative remedies before filing suit as required by section 1415(l) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the IDEA). The district court then dismissed the Carrolls’ complaint, declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over their state-law claims. The Carrolls appeal. The single issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in determining the Carrolls’ federal claims were subject to the IDEA’s exhaustion requirement. Because we conclude the Carrolls’ complaint alleges educational injuries that could be redressed to some degree by the IDEA’s administrative remedies, we agree with the district court that exhaustion of those remedies was required before the Carrolls could file suit. We therefore affirm the district court’s dismissal of the Carrolls’ complaint. 2