CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT v. GARRET F., a minor, by his mother and next friend, CHARLENE F

By Lorateimoor

  • How the case supported the students needs?

    States to educate handicapped children with nonhandicapped children whenever possible. require districts to provide disabled children with health-related services that school nurses can perform as part of their normal duties.

  • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) amended

    to assure that all children with disabilities have available to them . . . a free appropriate public education which emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs.provide disabled children with special education and “related services.provide a ventilator-dependent student with certain nursing services during school hours.

  • Summary of final decision

    Federal funds under IDEA to provide all disabled students with appropriate public education. For the school to provide one on one support for the disabled students throughout the school day.

  • CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT v. GARRET F., a minor, by his mother and next friend, CHARLENE F

    When Garret was four years old, his spinal column was severed in a motorcycle accident. Though paralyzed from the neck down, his mental capacities were unaffected. He is able to speak, to control his motorized wheelchair through use of a puff and suck straw, and to operate a computer with a device that responds to head movements.