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Cedar Rapids Community School - School Essays

Cedar Rapids Community School


DISTRICT v. GARRET F., a minor, by his mother
Background: Garret F., a student in petitioner school district, is wheelchair-bound and ventilator dependent; he therefore requires, in part, a responsible individual nearby to attend to certain physical needs during the school day. The District declined to accept financial responsibility for the services Garret needs, believing that it was not legally obligated to provide continuous one-on-one nursing care. At an Iowa Department of Education hearing, an Administrative Law Judge concluded that the IDEA required the District to bear financial responsibility for all of the disputed services, finding that most of them are already provided for ...

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and is the Cedar Rapids school district liable for providing a qualified nurse to attend to his needs during the school day.
Decision of the court: The Supreme Court ruled 7-2
Majority opinion: Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion which may, in general, be viewed as a reaffirmation of the Tatro case. The Court ruled as follows:
1. The "related services" regulation under the IDEA broadly encompasses those supportive services that may be required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education.
2. Services that enable a disabled child to remain in school during the day provide the student with the meaningful access to education that Congress envisioned.
3. In Tatro, the Court had already "unmistakenly" adopted the bright line test that physician services are excluded except for diagnosis. The Court explained that in Tatro it had referenced the likely cost of the services and the competence of school staff as justifications for drawing a line ...

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