Assignment 1 Special Education Cases

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    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1975

    IDEA Individuals with Disability Education Act gives free public education to children who fall under the category of having disabilities that need special accommodations to achieve academic success. They issue a formula and discretionary grants to assist academic success with special programs and technology. IDEA provides educators and parents what the students need to improve their education. This act provides the materials to assist with disabilities students may have.
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    Hendrick Hudson School District v. Rowley 1982

    A.R. sued Henry Hudson for not providing their daughter with an appropriate education for their daughter who was deaf. School District felt they were completely compliant with the EHA. Court ruling on this was decided A.R. would have had much more academic success with a sign language interpreter. The case supported special education students as a case to weigh the standard for FAPE .
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Board-of-Education-of-the-Hendrick-Hudson-Central-School-District-v-Rowley
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    Americans with Disablity Act (ADA) 1990

    ADA 1990 prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in many catagories. Physical and mental disabilities, accommodations in state and local government programs and services. ADA is broken up into sections of full participation, equal opportunity, independent living and economic self-sufficiency. This legislative act helps give society a fair chance no matter what the disability is to achieve academic goals. https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/disability/ada
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    Oberti v. Board of Education Borough of Clementine School District 1993

    The family wanted R.O. to be enrolled in a mainstream kindergarten class. Clementon School District felt R.O. was a distraction to the other students in a mainstream kindergarten class. The court ruling was in favor of R.O.Case set precidence that any special education student placed in any special education classroom should be enrolled in as many school programs with all different levels of students. https://pubintlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Oberti-Brief.pdf
  • Ridgewood Board of Education v. N.E. 1999

    N.E. fought for years to receive appropriate education for M.E. Ridgewood stated that they provided M.E. with the FAPE (free appropriate public education). The court ruled in favor of the school district did follow the rules of the IDEA act. The case ruling did assist in special education by making sure special education students who are qualified for FAPE are provided for. https://casetext.com/case/ridgewood-bd-of-educ-v-nefor-me

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