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Zirkel, Perry A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
Teachers and parents often find special education law complex and confusing. As one step for a basic foundation in special education law, a previous "TEACHING Exceptional Children" article (Zirkel, 2005) provided a snapshot of the "top five case concepts" based on 10 decisions from the Supreme Court. Each of these decisions…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Disabilities
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Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III – Exceptional Children, 1986
The article analyses Board v. Rowley's meaning for "appropriate" education and justifies the rightness of that decision in terms of its impact on the education of the child and the integration of children who have disabilities with children who do not. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Gallegos, Elena M. – American Journal of Education, 1989
Reviews 100 lower court decisions since the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that mandated access to education for handicapped students. Concludes that the courts have remained willing to support parents in obtaining services for their handicapped children. (FMW)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education
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Jones, Nancy Lee – Journal of Law and Education, 1986
Briefly examines the history and current medical knowledge of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Describes general requirements of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EACHA) and how they are applied to the AIDS situation. Suggests that admission of AIDS students to schools be allowed on a case-by-case basis. (IW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Disability Discrimination, Disease Control