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Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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  • Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    In 1971, the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania over a state law that granted public schools the jurisdiction to deny free education to children who had not attained a mental age of five years.

  • Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia

    Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
    Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Colombia was a class action suit filed against the District of Columbia after seven children were denied access to free public education. DC public schools had been excluding, reassigning, transferring, suspending, and expelling exceptional children without affording them the due process of law.

  • Rowley v. Hendrick Hudson School District

    Rowley v. Hendrick Hudson School District
    Amy Rowley was a kindergarten deaf student at a Public School in Peekskill, New York. Amy’s parents together with the school administrators developed an IEP for her that provided for a sign language interpreter. After a two-week trial period, the interpreter found out that Amy did not require his services, and as result, Amy had to rely on FM wireless hearing aid for the remainder of the school year.