Education law

Edu Law/Court Case Timeline

By Rcollins01

  • Brown Vs the Board of Education

    Brown vs the Board of Education was held in Topeka, Kansas in 1954. This is a landmark case because it desegregated schools and deemed "separate but equal" unconstitutional when it came to public education.

  • Engel Vs Vitale

    This case was held in 1962 in New York. This is an important case because the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 25, 1962, that voluntary prayer in public schools violated the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment prohibition of a state establishment of religion.

  • Tinker vs Des Moines

    Tinker Vs Des Moines was held in Des Moines, Lowa. This landmark court case was held in 1969 due to two siblings and their friend getting sent home because they wore black armbands in protest of the Vietnam war. This went against the constitution and freedom of speech (as long as it does not affect students learning)

  • PARC vs Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    PARC (Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children) Vs the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was held in Pennsylvania and started in 1971. Eventually in 1972, they came to the decision of the state agreeing to provide a free public education for children with mental retardation.

  • San Antonio Independent School District Vs. Rodriquez

    This court case was held in San Antonio, Texas and was in regard to property taxes. the Supreme Court of the United States held that San Antonio Independent School District's financing system, which was based on local property taxes, was not a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause.[1]

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

    The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. Mutiple court case created the foundation for IDEA.

  • Plyer Vs Doe

    This iconic court case was held in Texas in 1982. In the court case the State’s denial of free public education to undocumented school-age children is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Also was assisted by IDEA.

  • Rowley Vs Board of Education

    Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley (1982) is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the interpretation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Ultimately this court case sided with the School District by saying that public schools are not required by law to provide sign language interpreters to deaf students who are otherwise receiving an equal and adequate education.

  • School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Massachusetts Department of Education

    This court case was held in Massachusetts and had a towns committee up against the Massachusetts board of education. Education for All Handicapped Children Act (now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA]), parents could be reimbursed for unilaterally placing their child in a private school after they disagreed with the individualized education program (IEP) that public school officials had designed.

  • Honig Vs DOE

    Honig Vs DOE was held in California in 1988. The California Department of Education violated the law by kicking a student out of their school for a disrupted behavior that was directly related to their disability.

  • Timothy W. v. Rochester, New Hampshire, School District

    This important court case was held in New Hampshire in 1989. Timothy was denied public education multiple times because schools felt his disability was too severe for school to be beneficial for him. He tried multiple times before he was allowed in school.

  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

    Although this law is not exclusive to students, it was enacted in 1990 and protected all people with disabilities from discrimination.

  • Oberti v. Board of Education of the Borough of Clementon

    The Law Center’s 1993 case, Oberti v. Board of Education, established inclusion with supplementary aids and services as the presumption because it is “a fundamental value of the right to public education for children with disabilities.”

  • Ridgewood Board of Education v. N.E.

    This was another court case where they thought that school would not be beneficial to the student with a disability. Ridgewood Board of Education v. N.E. (1999) In Ridgewood, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals offered further guidance regarding the standard for FAPE. The court found that a student’s IEP did not provide him FAPE because it failed to enable him to receive “significant learning” and “meaningful benefit.”

  • Jacob Winkelman v. Parma City School District

    This court case handles students and parents/ guardians. he United States’ Supreme Court held that parents may bring a pro se court action regarding any procedural or substantive claim arising under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA.) The Court rejected the view of some circuit courts that, under the statute, parents are “guardians” of their children’s right to an appropriate education, rather than “real parties in interest” themselves.