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P.A.R.C v. Pennsylvania
In P.A.R.C. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania argued that the board of education should not be held liable to educate any student that a psychologist states the student is unable to learn. PARC sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because they had prohibited the rights of students with disabilities through their education laws. This case established that a child with disabilities could not be turned away from public school systems. -
Board of Education v. Rowley
This case was carried Amy Rowley a young child with a hearing disability. Amy was a child with only minimal residual hearing who attending elementary school. The school district provided some support to Amy through her IEP but her parents argued she could benefit more from a translator. The courts concluded that Amy"s IEP must be upheld by providing a free education but with limitations on support. The state was not essentially required to support the student to the maximum benefit needed. -
Honig v. Doe
The Honig decision is a innovative circumstance in which the U.S. Supreme Court allocated the matter of expelling a disabled child based on actions ascending out of that child’s disability. In the Honig case, the Court ruled that a school district may not separately eliminate or expel a disabled child from the classroom setting for hazardous or disorderly behavior as a result of a disability.
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The American with Disabilities Act
The American with Disabilities Act is a civil rights law that was passed to stop discrimination against physical or mental impaired people. This act stopped the abandonment of students with disabilities from certain educational setting. The students that are physically and mentally impaired now had the same right as their peers. -
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that gives every student the right to a free public education. IDEA conditions that all eligible children with disabilities throughout the United States have a right to special education and required needed services to cope in a general classroom setting.