Prof. Jill Hasday Interviewed on MPR News About U.S. Supreme Court Case Involving Osseo Area Schools

Professor Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law, was interviewed on MPR’s Minnesota Now about the U.S. Supreme Court poised to provide a decision in a disability discrimination case involving a Minnesota family that sued the Osseo Area Schools. The family has a daughter with severe epilepsy and cognitive disabilities. They requested that Osseo Area Schools allow their daughter to have a later school schedule because she tends to suffer from seizures in the morning. The school did not make that accommodation and the family is working to prove that public school officials violated the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act. The case could test the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools. Prof. Hasday was asked to explain the case. Listen to the interview with Prof. Hasday.