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Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The state was denying educational rights to students with disabilities. The parents viewed this as exclusion of their children from school based upon assumptions and unwillingness to extend equal rights. Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | The Public Interest Law Center. (n.d.). Retrieved March 29, 2018, from https://www.pubintlaw.org/cases-and-projects/pennsylvania-association-for-retarded-citizens-parc-v-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania -
Frederick L v. Thomas
The plaintiff, a student by the name of Frederich, filed a complaint against the Philadelphia Board of Education charging that while they were providing students with disabilities with education, they were not doing anything to adjust the curriculum to make that education equal to that of the average student. Frederick L. v. Thomas, 419 F. Supp. 960 (E.D. Pa. 1976). (n.d.). Retrieved March 29, 2018, from https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/419/960/1978862/ -
Burlington v. Department of Education, Massachussetts
The plaintiffs, the Panicos, had sent their son to private school because the public school program for their disabled child was deemed inappropriate and were seeking remittance for the cost from the state. School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Board of Education of Massachussetts. (n.d.). Retrieved March 29, 2018, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/1984/84-433