U.S. Supreme Court,
Education Law,
Civil Rights
Mar. 29, 2017
Disabled students' rights ruling stops short of true equality
Until last week, the educational opportunities of minor students with disabilities have been hobbled by a decision the U.S. Supreme Court made in 1982.
For many years the educational opportunities of minor students with disabilities have been hobbled by a U.S. Supreme Court decision which held that local school districts are only required to offer individualized educational programs which provide "some" educational benefit. Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 (1982). The Rowley court held that states were only required to give students with disabilities a "basic floor of opportunity" that was ...
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