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Brown vs. Board of Education
Decided in 1954, the Brown decision ruled that segregation within public schools was illegal. The court held “education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. It is the very foundation of good citizenship” and “such an opportunity where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right that must be made available to all on equal terms.”
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P.A.R.C v. Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens vs. Pennsylvania was a case against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The public school system denied specials needs students the right to a free public education. They declared the students as being developmentally disabled.
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Honig v.Doe
The Honig decision was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court dealt with an issue of expelling a student with special needs. This case a 17 year old boy was expelled because he could not be controlled because he was emotionally disabled. The court ruled adjustments had to made for the students
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