The following excerpt is from J.W. ex rel. J.E.W. v. Fresno Unified Sch. Dist., 626 F.3d 431 (9th Cir. 2010):
The standard for evaluating IEPs, commonly called the "snapshot rule," is not retrospective. Adams v. State of Oregon, 195 F.3d 1141, 1149 (9th Cir.1999). As the Adams court explained
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