The bullying of a Long Island middle school youngster did not rise to a level of creating a disability nor merit the student’s placement in a non-public school at public expense, a state judge has concluded.
Suffolk County Acting Supreme Court Justice James Hudson rejected the petition filed by the parents of the student identified as “J.T.” saying that the child’s treatment in a South Huntington middle school amounted to a disability under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and merited the student’s assignment to a parochial school of the parents’ choosing.
