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Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson School System V. Rowley
I. Furnace Woods School refused to provide Amy Rowley with a sign language interpreter even though she was deaf. She needed the interpreter to reach her maximum potential in school.
Amy Rowley was provided with numerous support services because of her disability of deafness. She was achieving beyond the average achievement of her peers which meant the sign language interpreter was not necessary. -
Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson School System V. Rowley
II.Even though the district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed its ruling, the Supreme Court overturned their rulings stating the Free Appropriate Public Education in the IDEA was satisfied by Amy's achievement in school without the sign language interpreter. Local School administrations retain control of what is needed by and individual disabled student in their jurisdiction. -
Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson School System V. Rowley
III. This ruling is a mixed bag. Although it provides for the local control of and the provision for the disabled student to achieve at least as well as peers in the classroom. However, it does not provide for the student to reach his or her maximum potential with support.
Board of Ed. of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist.,
Westchester Cty. v. Rowley." Oyez, 10 Jun. 2018,
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Town Committee of Burlington v Department of Education of Massachusetts
I. Michael Panico's parents enrolled him in Carroll School, a private school, after consultation with Massachusetts General Hospital,at their own expense Michael's IEP called for him to attend a different school, sought reimbursement from the Town Committee.
Michael Panico's enrollment in a private school at his parent's own volition was against the IEP's direction, and therefore, is not due any reimbursement of school funds. -
Town Committee of Burlington v Department of Education of Massachusetts
II. The Supreme Court held that parents that unilaterally move their children, do so at their own financial risk. They may later be reimbursed if it is deemed that that setting is found to be the most appropriate option available. -
Town Committee of Burlington v Department of Education of Massachusetts
School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of Education of Massachusetts. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved June 11, 2018, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/1984/84-433 -
Town Committee of Burlington v Department of Education of Massachusetts
III. This ruling demonstrates that the Court gives and the Court takes away. What I mean by that is that it gives the parents the right to bring their case to court to be resolved; however, if the parents go ahead and decide to change the placement of their child's school to other than what the IEP states, they become liable for the monetary expense unless it is later determined that it is the proper placement. -
Honig v Doe
II. The "stay-put" provision of the IDEA was ruled by the Supreme Court to have the force of requiring schools to keep from excluding disabled students from school despite their dangerous or disruptive behavior. -
Honig v Doe
III. More than anything else, this ruling provided a context for disable students to not be discriminated against because of their disability no matter whether that disability was disaruptive or even dangerous or not. Making provision for all disabled students in the classroom provided for in the IEP is essential. Honig v. Doe. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved June 11, 2018, from
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Honig v Doe
I. John Doe was a disabled student whose disability caused him to engage in disruptive behavior after being teased which included breaking school property. As a result, he was expelled from school. John Doe asks the court to restore him to school.
Aggressive and disruptive behavior such as that displayed by John Doe puts the rest of the students in school in danger. Putting John Doe back into the general school population would not only be a danger to himself, but also others.