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1971 PA Assoc. for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of PA

  • 1971 PA Assoc. for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of PA

    1971 PA Assoc. for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of PA
    A class action suit that challenged the laws of the Constitution that excluded individuals with mental retardation from public schools in PA. A state law that permitted public schools to deny education to certain children. The state was not allowed to "deny to any mentally retarded child access to a free public program of education and training.