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Supreme Court Forces desegregation of public schools.
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The court found it was unconstitutional to recite prayer or hold orhanized prayer in schools.
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Held that students had First Amendment rights that schools could not restrict without showing a constitutionally valid cause (this was the Vietnam War black armband protest).
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The judges struck down local laws that excluded children with disabilities from schools. They established that children with a disability have a right to a public education and access to an education.
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The ruling provided children with disabilities access to public schools that also provided a basic floor of opportunity.
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the Supreme Court looked at related services and decided cost is not a factor. If it’s needed to attend school and doesn’t meet the medical exception test the School must provide it.
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Plaintiffs argued and won their claim that the state is failing to adequately fund programs for English Language Learners.