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Article: A HIGH Court dispute over a secondary school's refusal to enrol a 14-year-old boy with autism was settled yesterday.
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- Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- July 2, 2009
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School battle over autistic boy is settled
A HIGH Court dispute over a secondary school's refusal to enrol a 14-year-old boy with autism was settled yesterday.
Colaiste Chiaran Community School in Leixlip, Kildare, had brought the action, claiming a decision by a Department of Education-appointed committee requiring it to admit him had failed to observe its enrolment policy.
Following agreement yesterday between the school and the department, Mr Justice Kevin Feeney quashed the original decision requiring the boy to be enrolled, on grounds that the committee involved had made its decision on "legally irrelevant" considerations.
The ...