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Brown v. Board of Education
This case was not only for the integration of minorities with white students, but it opened the door for integration for students that had special needs. This court case deemed that all students deserve an equal education. So special needs students could have doors opened for them that had been closed in the past. -
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Special Education Court Rulings
This list of five crucial court cases helped educate all students regardless of their mental abilities. -
P.A.R.C v. Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Association of Retard Children (P.A.R.C.) took the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to court based on the Brown case. They lead that 4 of their laws excluded kids with mental handicaps from attending school. These kids have the right to Free and Appropriate Education, just like all children do. This case opened the door for I.E.P. meetings and helped set up the 1975 IDEA federal regulations for any school receiving federal funds. -
Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia
The school district claimed it did not have the funds to educate students with mental handicaps. The court ordered that they relocate funds immediately so all students can access education. Mills and the P.A.R.C cases led to federal laws that free apporatie public education. -
Honig v. Doe
Doe was a 17-year-old who, due to his disabilities, had difficulty controlling his impulse behavior and anger towards others. He should not be held to the school's discipline, including expelling him without due process under IDEA. The court ruled that under IDEA, he had to have an IEP meeting. A 10-day rule was enacted that no student could go more than ten days out of school without a court hearing. And no student could be expelled if the action was a part of their disability. -
Timothy W. V. Rochester, New Hampshire, School District
Timothy had handicaps so severe that the school ruled that he did not qualify for special education because it would not benefit him. The first circuit court overruled the district court ruling by stating that the purpose of Education for all Handicapped Children was to “to assure all handicapped children have available to them … a free appropriate public education which emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs …”