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P.A.R.C. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ruling, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania sided in favor of students with intellectual and learning disabilities in state-run institutions. PARC v. Penn called for students with disabilities to be placed in publicly funded school settings that met their individual educational needs, based on a proper and thorough evaluation. -
Board of Education of Hendrick Central School District v. Rowley 458 U.S. 176 (1982)
The first Special Education case decided by the Supreme Court. The court held that an IEP must be reasonably calculated for a child to receive educational benefit, but the school district is not required to provide every service necessary to maximize a child’s potential. -
Garret v Cedar Rapids Community School District
The court ruled in favor of Garret and his family. School districts are required to provide the necessary medical services to ensure that a student has the opportunity to a fair and adequate education and under the IDEA Act school districts must provide relative services for students in order for them to integrate into the public schools. Also the school district are responsible for the cost of the relative services.