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Mills v. District of Columbia Board of Education
This case was against the District of Columbia, students with disabilities must be given a public education, and that the financial needs of the school is not important There were seven children in this case who had been disenrolled and not enrolled due to their disabilities. The courts ruled that the education of the children was more important than the financial needs of the school. Based on the act that regardless of the child's disability they had free public appropriate education. -
Board of Education v. Rowley
Amy Rowley was a deaf child, her parents wanted to have a sign language teacher to go with in all of her classrooms. They lost the first case and appealed. The courts and her parents appealed back and forth for a while. The courts concluded that the children with disabilities were entitled to education. They used the IDEA to prove that she was able to have what she needed. They had two parts one looking at the safeguards act. The 2nd looking at the child's IEP for their EDU plan. -
Timothy W. v. Rochester, New Hampshire School District
Timothy appealed an order from the district court that held that a child that is profoundly handicapped is not eligible for special education if he can not benefit from such education. The court reversed the decision under the "All Handicapped Children Act" . The disabilities that he had were so severe the school felt that he would not benefit from education. The court stated "no rejection" they could not keep him from getting education. Due to his disabilities he was great candidate.