Sources of Law
Laws
Cases
IDEA v. Section 504
Current Events/Misc.
100
List the four sources of law.
Constitutional Law, Statutory Law, Regulatory Law, and Case Law
100
The first law to protect students with disabilities in schools.
What is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965?
100
In 1954, this education case set the precedent for many future cases involving Special Education and sparked the movement for rights for individuals with disabilities.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
______ protects students with disabilities from discrimination in schools and ensures a free and appropriate public education. ____ protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination in any federally funded institution, including schools.
IDEA; Section 504
100
In Fry v. Napoleon Community School District, the school refused to allow Ehlena (a child with cerebral palsy) to bring her service dog to school violates which law(s)?
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
200
The highest form of law; what the U.S. system functions on.
What is Constitutional Law?
200
These two acts led to the creation of IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
What are Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1965 and Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) in 1975?
200
The first two landmark cases that paved the way for the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.
What were PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Mills v. Board of Education of D.C?
200
What is the basic difference between IDEA and Section 504 in terms of type of law?
IDEA is a special education law and Section 504 is a civil rights law.
200
What is ESSA?
The Every Student Succeeds Act
300
Written laws passed by state legislatures; example: Education for All Handicapped Children.
What is Statutory Law?
300
A civil rights law protecting students and other individuals with disabilities from discrimination from any institution that receives federal money, including students.
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
300
Yankton v. Schramm involved a lawsuit against the Yankton School District for dismissing Tracy Schramm (a student with cerebral palsy and orthopedic impairment) from her IEP to escape responsibility for transition services. This case involved what law?
IDEA
300
What does IEP stand for? What is it?
Individualized Education Plan Required by IDEA for all special education students, an IEP is a written plan with specially designed instruction and services to meet a student's unique needs for academic success and includes student's present academic performance and measurable annual goals.
300
Recently in Brookline, the Park School denied entry of Harper Oates,a child with a spinal cord injury, arguing that she would cause them to "fundamentally alter their educational model". What law(s) is(are) the Park School violating?
ADA, IDEA
400
The ruling that made segregation in schools illegal from Brown v. Board of Education is an example of what type of law?
Case Law
400
What does the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ensure? (List 3 policies)
1. Each child of a homeless individual and/or each homeless youth has equal access to the same free appropriate public education as any other individual 2. Immediate enrollment in a school district, regardless of availability of medical, academic or residency records. 3. No student may be dismissed and/or segregated from a school district if they are evicted or are homeless 4. Student has placement choice whether the child lives with homeless parents or has been placed elsewhere outside of original district 5. Transportation, scholarships, school meals, materials and supplies are provided.
400
What was the ruling of Mills v. Board of Education of D.C?
All students, including those with disabilities, have the right to a free public education and they cannot be denied of these rights.
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Who qualifies for protections under Section 504?
Individuals with a "physical or mental impairment that substantially limits at least one major life activity" (example: breathing, walking, speaking, seeing, hearing, reading, writing) *Wrights Law: Special Education Law
400
In a recent case, the parents of Endrew (a child with autism) are suing the Douglas Co. School District for reimbursement of tuition for a special school for children with autism because the public school district made little changes to Endrew's IEP from year to year, too few according to Endrew's parents. The courts ruled in favor of the school district claiming they did provide FAPE. What law does this case refer to and what does the law say on this issue?
IDEA states that parents may sue under due process for reimbursement for tuition at a private institution if the district did not make FAPE available. If it is found that the school did, however, provide FAPE, the district will not be responsible for tuition reimbursements.
500
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) are examples of what type of law?
Statutory Law
500
Name three provisions protected by IDEA for students with disabilities.
1) FAPE (free appropriate public education) 2) LRE (least restrictive environment) 3) IEP (individualized education plan) 4) Transition services from school to college and/or employment 5) other
500
The school district refused to educate students with mental retardation but ruling was that schools must provide all students with free public education regardless of disability.
What was the issue in PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
500
Who qualifies for IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)? List 5 examples
Who are students with: specific learning disabilities, other health impairments, autism spectrum disorder, emotional disturbance disorder, speech and language impairment, visual impairment, deafness, hearing impairment, deaf-blindness, orthopedic impairment, intellectual disability, traumatic brain injury, multiple disabilities. (answer may include any 3 combinations)
500
These are abbreviations for.... IDEA ADA LRE IEP FAPE FERPA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Americans with Disabilities Act Least Restrictive Environment Individualized Education Plan Free Appropriate Public Education Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
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