Hendrick Hudson Central School District V. Rowley Case

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Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley was a case filed against the school board by Amy Rowley parents. They filed this case on behalf of their daughter because the school district denied the parents request for a sign language interpreter. Amy Rowley was a deaf student. She attended Furnace Woods Elementary School in New York. She lived with her parents, who also could not hear. Before she went to school her kindergarten year, her parents had meeting with the school administrators to develop her an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). In this IEP, it gave Amy access to a sign language interpreter in the classroom. However, the sign interpreter determine that Amy would do fine in the classroom with a FM …show more content…

The district court judge said that since Rowley lacked a sign language interpreter, she does not understands all of what goes on in class than she could if she were not deaf. Therefore Amy is not learning as much as she would without her handicap. The judge said that this means she was not receiving a free appropriate public education that she was entitled to. Wrights Law (1982). Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Amy Rowley (458 U. S. 176). Retrieved from http://www.wrightslaw.com/law/caselaw/ussupct.rowley.htm A Free Appropriate Public Education means that the child with a disability will receive the same education as a child without disability. The school district did not like the decision from the district court, so they appealed the case to the United States Courts of Appeal. However, the school district would go on to loose their appeal because the United States Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the district court. They too said that without the sign language interpreter in the classroom, Amy can only learn half of what the other students are able to learn due to her being death. She does not have an equal chance to learn like the other students, so she is not receiving a free appropriate public education. The school district was still not happy with the decision so they appealed their case to the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said that in the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, a free appropriate public education consists of educational instruction that is planned to meet the unique needs of the child that has a disability, supported by such services as are necessary to permit the child "to benefit" from the instruction. Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Amy Rowley (458 U. S. 176). Retrieved from http://www.wrightslaw.com/law/caselaw/ussupct.rowley.htm Free Appropriate Public Education does not require the

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