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Brown vs. Board of Education
Stated that it is unconstitutional for black and white students to have separate schools. -
Diana v. State board of education
protection for non-English speaking students on standardized tests. -
PARC v. Commonwealth of pennsylvania
Parc sued the state for law that allowed schools to deny students who hadn't reached a mental age of 5. -
Mills v. Washington
Students were excluded from school based on having behavioral problems. -
.Larry P v. Riles
Stating that tests were inherently and ordered the state and its schools to abandon the tests; found its way into the IDEA. -
Section 504
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All Handicapped Students Act
schools were opened up for all children to have the benefit of education -
Rowley Case
Legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Rowley family that the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) of 1974, did not require that the special instruction and supportive services provided under the law by state governments to disables students be designed to help them achieve their full potential as learners. instead, it was sufficient that the instruction and services be such as "to permit the child to benefit educationally from that instruction" -
Honig
This case prohibits a district from suspending or expelling a student with an IEP for more than 10 days. Unless there is evidence of weapons, drugs, or serious injury -
ADA
Is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public -
Oberti
This case established that if placement outside the classroom is necessary, the school district must then include the child in as many school programs with children who do not have disabilities to the maximum extent appropriate. -
Tatro Case
A school board in Texas had to provide catheterization services during class hours to a student with spina bifida. the case stands out as the court's first attempt to define the distinction between "school health services" and 'medical services" -
Atkins v. Virginia
excluding 'mentally retarted' students violates the 8th amendment from ban and cruel and unusual punsihments -
IDEA
Is a federal law that requires schools to serve the educational needs of eligible students with disabilities. schools must evaluate students suspected of having a disability, including learning disabilities. -
Schaffer v. Weast
Court held that parents must bear the burden of proof when pursuing litigation against a school district.
