Special Education Law: A Guide for Parents, Advocates, and Educators

1 Introduction.- 1.1. The Background.- 1.2. The Right to Education for Retarded Children: Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.- 1.3. Districtwide Relief for All Handicapped Students: Mills v. Board of Education, District of Columbia.- 1.4. Programs for Newly Identified Children: Frederick L. v. Thomas.- 1.5. Notes.- 2 A National Right to Education: The Education for all Handicapped Children act.- 2.1. An Overview.- 2.2. Court-Ordered Implementation of P.L. 94-142: Mattie T. v. Holladay.- 2.3. Free Appropriate Public Education.- 2.4. Handicapped Children.- 2. 5. Individualized Education Program.- 2.6. Due Process Procedures.- 2.7. Appeals.- 2.8. Surrogate Parents.- 2.9. Evaluations.- 2.10. Least Restrictive Environment.- 2.11. Least Restrictive Environment and the Courts: The Willowbrook Case.- 2.12. Confidentiality of Records.- 2.13. Excluding Persons without a Legitimate Educational Interest: The Government Requirements.- 2.14. Notes.- 3 Prohibiting Discrimination against Handicapped Students.- 3.1. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.- 3.2. Preschool, Elementary, and Secondary Education.- 3.3. The Integration Requirement.- 3.4. Court-Ordered Integration: Hairston v. Drosick.- 3.5. Evaluation Procedures.- 3.6. Nonacademic Services.- 3.7. Postsecondary Education.- 3.8. Auxiliary Aids.- 3.9. Access to Postsecondary Programs: Southeastern Community College v. Davis.- 3.10. Other Section 504 Provisions.- 3.11. Notes.- 4 The Special Education Hearing: Preparation and Litigation.- 4.1. The Purpose of a Hearing.- 4.2. Preparation for the Hearing.- 4.3. At the Hearing.- 4.4. The Hearing Officer.- 4.5. The Opening Statement.- 4.6. The Presentation of Witnesses.- 4.7. The Testimony of School District Officials.- 4.8. Medical Testimony.- 4.9. The Psychological Testimony.- 4.10. The Parent as a Witness.- 4.11. Cross-Examination.- 4.12. Closing Statement.- 4.13. Appeals.- 4.14. Model Exceptions.- 4.15. Appeal to Court.- 4.16. Notes.- 5 Major Issues in Special Education Law.- 5.1. Continuous Special Education.- 5.1.1. Special Education beyond the "Normal" School Year: Armstrong v. Kline.- 5.2. Discipline and Special Education.- 5.2.1. A Federal Court Opinion: Stuart v. Nappi.- 5.2.2. The Legal Arguments: Kenneth J. v. Kline.- 5.2.3. Kenneth J. v. Kline Regulations.- 5.3. Language and Racial Minorities.- 5.3.1. The Courts and Minorities and Special Education: Lora v. Board of Education of the City of New York.- 5.4. Special Education Malpractice.- 5.4.1. Denying Educational Malpractice Claims: Hoffman v. Board of Education of the City of New York.- 5.5. Gifted and Talented Children.- 5.5.1. The Federal Laws.- 5.5.2. State Laws: A Comparative Approach of Two States.- 5.6. Notes.- Appendix 1 Federal Requirements for the Education of all Handicapped Children (20 U.S.C.

1401-1420).- Appendix 2 P.L. 94-142 Regulations (34 C.F.R. PART 300).- Appendix 3 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
794).- Appendix 4 Section 504 Regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 104).- Appendix 5 Legal Organizations.