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Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
This case involved ended the practice of suspending, expelling, and excluding children with disabilities from the District of Columbia. -
Brown v Topeka Board of Education
This ruling stated segregated schools cannot by definition be expected to be and to remain equal and are thus a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's provision of the "equal protection of the law". This ruling reversed Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
This case decided that educational placement decisions must allow for the participation of parents in the making of such decisions that affect the education of their children. -
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
This case involved ending the practice of suspending, expelling, and excluding children with disabilities from the District of Columbia public schools. -
Public Law 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
This law ensured that children with disabilities would henceforth have access to an education and due process of law. -
Hendrick Hudson School District v. Rowley
This ruling stated that students with an IEP in the district would have access to an education that would provide some benefit to the student without attention to any particular level of achievement. -
Irving Independent School District v. Tatro
This ruling involved the question of the school providing catheters on a regular basis for a student suffering spina bifida with the court deciding such services did not constitute "medical treatments" and could be handled by non-medical staff thus meeting the definition of "related services", that is, services related to the student's education. -
Burlington School Commission v. Massachusetts Department of Education
In this case the court ruled that if parents of a student with disabilities decide to remove their child from a public school district with the intention of sending them to a private school, the public school district would not be obligated to pay for that child's private school tuition. -
Polk v. Central Susquehanna School District
This decision stated that if a student with disabilities derived "some educational benefit" from special education services that the needs of that student have been met to the satisfaction of the law. -
Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Education
The court argued in this case that the needs of some students with disabilities are such that the Least Restrictive Environment in their case may not always be the regular general education classroom and some other setting would be more appropriate. -
IDEA
The law states that all children with disabilities are entitled to a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) and that each child's education will be planned and guided by an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or an Individualized Family Service Plan. -
IDEA
The law requires every state to have in effect policies and procedures that ensure a FAPE for all students with disabilities. -
Springer v. Fairfax County School District
This ruling clearly states there is a difference between behavior that is governed by an "emotional disturbance", which would require an IEP attentive to this disability, as opposed to behavior resulting from a "social maladjustment" which is not caused by an emotional disturbance. Further, in the absence of a diagnosis of an emotional disturbance a socially maladjusted student would not on those grounds alone qualify for special education services. -
Garrett v. Cedar Rapids Public School District
In this case the court ruled that handicap services which do not directly involve education, but are nevertheless "related" to the daily provision of special education services, must also be provided by the school district. -
NEOSHO School District v. Clark
This case decided that parents seeking medical assistance for their child may not seek reimbursement from the school district for such services. It also ruled that a school district serving children with autism must have a specially trained staff to work with those students. -
IDEA
The law provides for regular funding to ensure that special education services are available to all students with disabilities. -
Mr. I v. Maine
In this case the parents of a child who had attempted suicide requested their daughter be provided with an IEP claiming the incident was related to her disabilities. The school district declined the request citing that the attempted suicide did not adversely affect their daughter's academic performance and therefore an IEP in this case was unnecessary. -
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District
The court's ruling in this case was that the plaintiff's educational program must be "appropriately ambitious in light of his circumstances". This clearly suggests that an education which provides only de minimus, or some benefit to a student, must instead offer a far more meaningful benefit in light of their specific circumstances. Further, the court described "de minimus" as tantamount to no education whatsoever.
