Rowley vs. Board of Education

Paper Summary:

This paper takes a look at the Education of the Handicapped Act of 1975, which clearly states that children with disabilities should be assisted with supplemental services in order to provide them with "free appropriate public education". The paper reviews the case of Amy Rowley, a first grade student of Furnace Woods School in Hendrick Hudson District in New York, who suffers from a hearing disability.

Outline:
Issue
District Court Ruling
Supreme Court Ruling
Analysis of the Case
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The decision of the Supreme Court gave rise to an ethical debate as people argued that to deny the handicapped child additional assistance indeed violated his or her basic rights as the citizens of the United States. This is because the child was denied this assistance only because it was felt that while the government was responsible for providing appropriate education to handicapped children, it was not legally binding to achieve or maintain 'perfect equality'. This shows a hidden prejudice against such children and it is clear that decision was based on more than mere performance of the child. Everybody knows that children with hearing disability are unable to grasp and comprehend some of the instructions by the teachers and therefore fail to perform up to their full potential. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• U.S. Supreme Court Reports: Retrieved online 16th September 2006http://law.uark.edu/arklaw/libraryr/reserve/negocomp/hendrick.html
• Educational Benefit: Retrieved online 16th September 2006http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/KPI/edclbnft.pdf
• A costly IDEA in many ways, A costly IDEA in many ways. , The Washington Times, 12-17-2001
• Kubicek, Frederick C., Special education reform in light of select state and federal court decisions.. Vol. 28, Journal of Special Education, 04-01-1994, pp 27
• Ben Lyon, HENDRICK HUDSON DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION v. ROWLEY 458 U.S. 176 (1982) Retrieved online 16th September 2006http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/edu/fn125/abstract2-2001/lyon_rowley.html

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