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Bown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
This court case was during the time when whites and blacks were still separated by race. When people saw that separating students because of their difference was not working, and ended the separate but equal schools. They used this as a way to argue that separating students with disabilities was also not effective. -
Hobsin v. Hansen
This court case stated that "tracking" testing of students and comparing them to what was thought to be the normed test scores was not okay. Due to the Equal protection clause, it was seen that tracking was based on the normed test scores of the wealthy and middle-class students. This has helped us focus on using everyones test scores to find a new national norm. -
Diana v. State Board of Education
This court case states that students that do not speak English as there first language should be tested in both English and the language they speak in order to be placed into a special education classroom. It also states that group IQ test can not be used to place students into a special needs classroom. This has helped us decide whether a student truly needs to be in a special needs classroom or not. -
Mills v. Board of Education District of Columbia
This court case stated that students with disabilities should have the opportunity to learn in public schools like anyone else. it helps bring students into public schools with learning focused on there needs. We still use this today inside the classrooms of students with disabilities to give them there best learning experience. -
Lau v. Nichols
This court case states that not all students will learn the same when given the same facilities. This states that students of different cultures and who speak different languages will not learn the same as someone wo speaks English as their first lanuage giving them an English speaking book. -
Lary P v. Riles
This case started in 1972 and ending in 1979 was about an African American student who was not placed in a classroom with students with mild intellectual disabilities. This was due to the students IQ test scores that were found to be biased. Due to this case African American students were no longer to be placed into the classrooms based on the students IQ test scores. -
Tatro v. State of Texas
The Supreme court stated that because Catherization could be performed by a health care aid or a school nurse it did not qualify to be an exempted medical procedure. But further into this court case it was considered that if a medical procedure did not benefit it was not considered to be a qualifying related service. This helps decide which medical procedures are appropriot for school. -
Daniel R.R v. State Board of Education
This court case stated that all students with down Syndrom should be segregated from other students. This turned into a setup of steps to better decide whether a student would be able to thrive in an integrated classroom or a segregated classroom. We still use simillar steps to decide where a student should be placed inside a school. -
Cedar Rapids community school ditrict v. Gerret F.
This court case stated that a school health care service that is done regularly is considered a related service. This is only if this act cannot be done by a physician. -
Schaffer v. Weast
This court case decided that if a parent wanted to prove their students IEP was noneffective they would have to provide proof. This case also stated that if the School of that student wanted to argue that they have an effective IEP in place the school would have to provide proof. -
Arlington Centeral School District Board of Education v. Murphy
This court case asked the question of whether parents are able to be reimbursed for the money spent on an educational consultant during a court case. It was said that parents should not be reimbursed. -
Winkleman v. Parma City School District
This court case gave parents the right to represent their students during IDEA related court cases. This was seen as parent involvement. This also gave the IDEA enforcable rights to both the parent and the student. -
Forrest Grove School District v. T.A.
This case states that students with learning disabilities that have not been placed into a special education classroom or were placed incorrectly should be able to get a reimbursment from a private school with appropriote special education programs.