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The first case to challenge the discriminatory practice of using standardized aptitude tests for ability tracking and the segregation it fostered. The arguments against using culturally biased aptitude tests for tracking purposes were used as the basis for the arguments against the use of culturally biased tests for special education placement decisions.
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The court ruled, in the state of California, all future students being assessed for special education needed to be tested in their primary language or use a nonverbal assessment. This rule also applied to other Mexican-American students who were already determined to have an intellectual disability. -
The Judge stated that free public education or a suitable alternative education, paid for by the Board of Education, must be provided to all students regardless of their needs and regardless of the cost. Free and public education cannot be denied to a child with a disability unless they are granted due process proceedings. -
The judge ruled it was unconstitutional to deny services to special needs children. -
The court accepted the argument of the plaintiff; in schools, blacks were being treated unfairly by placing them in special education based on the standardization of the present IQ tests. The court found that the IQ tests were designed with biases linked to the white middle-class culture, leaving black children at a natural disadvantage from both cultural and racial perspectives. -
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the requirement of public schools to provide an appropriate education to students with disabilities. The Court held that schools must provide IDEA eligible students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) “reasonably calculated to enable the child to receive educational benefits.” -
The decision in the Honig v. Doe case represents the principle of "zero reject" in that it is unacceptable to change the placement or remove the student from school due to their disability. Students are to continue receiving FAPE even if they have been suspended or expelled. -
The supreme court has ruled that Florence County School
District reimbursed or the Cost of a Private School When a Public
School Fails to Provide an Adequate Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. -
United States Supreme Court ruled that the burden of proof in an administrative “due process” hearing challenging the student’s education plan is placed on the party seeking relief, whether that party is the disabled child or the local school district. -
The court ruled in order to provide children with disabilities the free appropriate public education guaranteed by under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), school districts must offer children an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that is reasonably calculated to enable each child to make progress appropriate for that child’s circumstances.
