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Larry P. v. Riles is a California court case in which the court held that IQ tests could not be used to place African-American students in special education classes.. Five African-American children had been placed in special classes for the "educable mentally retarded", based on low IQ test scores.
A girl with special needs who was sexually assaulted at school when she was 11 years old received a $26 million judgment from a Southern California jury on Tuesday. The alleged victim, now 17 and ...
An appeals court revived a lawsuit by Orthodox Jewish families who sued over the state's policy of not funding special education programs at religious schools.
There have also been 12 other lawsuits filed against the district since 2018 alleging damages suffered by a student receiving special education services, according to a review of online court records.
The Tinsley Voluntary Transfer Program is a 1985 settlement of a lawsuit in which school districts surrounding the Ravenswood City School District in East Palo Alto, California agreed to accept up to 135 minority students entering grades Kindergarten through second grade from within the boundaries of the Ravenswood City School District.
Vergara v. California was a lawsuit in the California state courts which dealt with a child's right to education and to instruction by effective teachers.The suit was filed in May 2012 by lawyers on behalf of nine California public school student plaintiffs.
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Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, 598 U.S. 142 (2023), [1] was a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court held that an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit seeking compensatory damages for denial of a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) can proceed without exhausting the administrative procedures of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA ...