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Tinker v. Des Moines set the precedent that students have 1st Amendment rights, too! Stepping into school properly doesn't mean that students give up their right to free expression. The Tinker ruling confirmed that symbolic speech merits protection under the 1st amendment.

The case of Rowley v. Hendrick Hudson School District[1] was the U.S. Supreme Court's first interpretation of what was then called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, “IDEA”).

Bad Things About 504 Plans Some families want to keep disabilities private or disagree their child has a disability. 504 Plans open the door to school disability assessments, which may contain data a parent disagrees with. These records become part of the student's permanent record.

In Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia (1972), hereafter Mills, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia held that students with disabilities are entitled to an education, and that education cannot be denied based on the accommodations' additional cost to the school.

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IDEA requires that each IEP must include a statement of the child's present levels of academic achievement and functional performance. This part of the IEP is commonly referred to as the “present levels statement.” For short, we're just going to call it “present levels.”

We therefore conclude that the “basic floor of opportunity” provided by the Act consists of access to specialized instruction and related services which are individually designed to provide educational benefit to the handicapped child.

Educational Attainment. The number of years of schooling completed by an individual.