Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
| Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley | |
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| Argued March 23, 1982 Decided June 29, 1982 |
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| Full case name | Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District, Westchester County, et al., Petitioners v. Amy Rowley, by her parents, Rowley et al., Respondent |
| Docket nos. | 80–1002 |
| Citations | 458 U.S. 176 (more) |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Prior history | Amy Rowley v. Hendrick Hudson Central School District, 483 U.S. 528 (1979) |
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| The Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 does not require public schools to provide sign language interpreters to deaf students who are otherwise receiving an equal and adequate education. | |
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| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Burger, Powell, Stevens, O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Blackmun |
| Dissent | White, joined by Brennan, Marshall |
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| Education for All Handicapped Children Act | |
Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 (1982) is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the interpretation of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Amy Rowley was a deaf student whose school refused to provide a sign language interpreter. Her parents filed suit contending violation of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Rehnquist, the Court held that public schools are not required by law to provide sign language interpreters to deaf students who are otherwise receiving an equal and adequate education.
In the early 1970s, a series of Federal District Court cases – namely Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1971) and Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia (1972) – found a right to education for children with disabilities on the basis of due process and equal protection. A 1974 investigation by Congress found that more than 1.75 million children with disabilities received no public education and that another 3 million who did attend school did not receive education services appropriate to their needs. In 1975 Congress passed and President Ford signed into law the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA). The Act mandated that all children with disabilities receive a "free appropriate public education." To achieve this goal, the act required the student, parents and teachers together devise an Individualized Education Program (IEP), however the Act did not specify that those IEPs include any particular services, standards or outcomes.
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