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Landmark Special Education
Court Cases
Dr. Judy Martin
Session 2 – January 14, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Cases Driving Special Education
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BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, et al., Petitioners
v. Amy ROWLEY, by her parents and natural guardians, Clifford and Nancy Rowley etc.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF the TOWN OF BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, et al., Petitioners
v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF the Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS et al.
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FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR et al.
v. CARTER, A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER FATHER AND NEXT FRIEND, CARTER
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IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
v. TATRO ET UX., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF TATRO, A MINOR
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CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
v. GARRET F., a minor, by his mother and next friend, CHARLENE F.
Court Case: Rowley
The foundation for any special education question. It sets the standard for
determining whether an IEP meets legal requirements
1. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, et al., Petitioners
v.
Amy ROWLEY, by her parents and natural guardians, Clifford and Nancy
Rowley etc.
No. 80-1002.
Argued March 23, 1982.
Decided June 28, 1982.
Review Rowley:
Court Case: Burlington
Authorizes parents to seek private school expenses if IEP does not comply
with IDEA
SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF the TOWN OF BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, et
al., Petitioners
v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF the Commonwealth of
MASSACHUSETTS et al.
No. 84-433.
Argued March 26, 1985.
Decided April 29, 1985.
Review Burlington:
Court Case: Carter
Expands on Burlington to authorize parents to seek private school expenses even if
the private school does not itself meet IDEA requirements for LRE
FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR et al.
v.CARTER, A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER FATHER AND NEXT FRIEND, CARTER
No. 91-1523.Supreme Court of United States.
Argued October 6, 1993.
Decided November 9, 1993.
Review Carter:
Court Case: Tatro
Defines the scope of “related services”
IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
v.
TATRO ET UX., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF TATRO, A
MINOR
No. 83-558.Supreme Court of United States.
Argued April 16, 1984
Decided July 5, 1984
Review Tatro:
Court Case: Cedar Rapids
(Tatro)
Continues with the Tatro case of “Related Services”
CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
v.
GARRET F., a minor, by his mother and next friend, CHARLENE F.
No. 96-1793.United States Supreme Court.
Argued November 4, 1998.
Decided March 3, 1999.
Review Cedar Rapids:
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Four Ethical Systems
Dr. Judy Martin
Session 2 – January 14, 2014
Ethics & Systems
• Bumper Stickers:
– Be careful to not stake the importance of an
ethical decisions in a small area
– Ideas expressed in a “bite-sized” portion can have
broader implications.
– Bumper stickers do not give specific solutions,
only provide the initial process for making
decisions
– The PROCESS of how we work through moral
issues is called an ETHICAL SYSTEM.
Ethics & Systems
• Ethical Options:
– Ideas we are faced with are religious, political,
economic & social
– We have to make choices in these areas
– The existence of conflicting views
– No ethical approach is perfect – the law of ethics
Ethics & Systems
• Ethics as a Discipline
– The idea that ethics can be studied can be
confusing. We make decisions about things every
day.
– Examining ethical problems in our world
(abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, capitol
punishment)
– Examining ethical systems
Ethics & Systems
• Ethics with Theory & Life
– Bumper sticker: “Whatever you do, don’t get
caught” or “Thou shalt not steal” or “Do unto
others as you would have them do unto you”
– We all have different motives for these statements
– We cannot opt our of making ethical decision
Ethics & Systems
• Ethics and worldviews
– Every ethical system is part of something bigger, a
worldview.
– Worldviews= our beliefs and assumptions about how the
world fits together
Ultimate Reality – in every ethical system there is a
connection between a concept of ultimate reality and the
origin of wright and wrong
Human Nature – Why do we do what we do? Is it our
freedom to make decisions? Ethics deals with Human Beings.
4 Ethical Systems
• Cultural Relativism
• Ethical Egoism
• Behaviorism
• Utilitarianism
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