Opinion ID: 619866
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Pre-August 29, 2008 Effect

Text: We first hold that K.D. is not entitled to reimbursement based on the stay put provision for the 2007-08 school year. The stay put provision may only be invoked during the pendency of any proceedings. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(j). Accordingly, the stay put provision does not apply unless and until a request for a due process hearing is filed. See Zvi D. v. Ambach, 694 F.2d 904, 906 (2d Cir.1982) (This provision is, in effect, an automatic preliminary injunction.). K.D.'s request for a due process hearing was not filed until August 28, 2009. Thus, the stay put provision can have no effect on K.D.'s enrollment at Loveland during the 2007-08 school year or during the 2008-09 school year prior to August 28, 2009during which no due process hearing was pending.