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Wyatt v. Stickney, 1972
Children with disabilities who are committed to state institutions must be provided a meaningful education in that setting or their incarceration is considered unlawful detention -
Mills v. Board of Education, 1972
The presumed absence of funds is not an excuse for failing to provide educational services to children with exceptionalities. If sufficient funds are not available, then all programs should be cut off -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1972
A child with disabilities cannot be excluded from school without careful due process, and it is the responsibility of the schools to provide appropriate programs for children who are different -
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Hairston v. Drosick, 1974
A child with disabilities cannot be excluded from school without careful due process, and it is the responsibility of the schools to provide appropriate programs for children who are different -
Goss v. Lopez, 1974
A child with disabilities cannot be excluded from school without careful due process, and it is the responsibility of the schools to provide appropriate programs for children who are different -
Jose P. v. Ambach, 1979
Bilingual children with exceptionalities need identification, evaluation, and educational procedures that reflect and respect their language backgrounds -
Larry P. v. Riles, 1979
Children should not be labeled “handicapped” or placed into special education without adequate diagnosis that takes into account different cultural and linguistic backgrounds -
Frederick L. v. Thomas, 1980
An individual with learning disabilities has a right to services whatever his or her age -
Board of Education v. Rowley, 1982
A child with disabilities is entitled to an appropriate, not an optimum, education. This was the first court decision that suggested that there was a limit to the resources that children with exceptionalities could expect -
Polk v. Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16, 1988
A subsequent case to the Rowley decision made it clear that such services, though not optimal, must be more than de minimus, meaning that they should provide sufficient support so the child with disabilities can benefit educationally