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Yell, Mitchell L. – Behavioral Disorders, 2019
In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled on a special education case Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. In this important case, the High Court addressed the degree of educational benefit necessary for a school district to fulfill the requirements for a free appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act…
Descriptors: School Districts, Individualized Education Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
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Liebowitz, David D. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2018
In the early 1990s, the Supreme Court established standards to facilitate the release of school districts from racial desegregation orders. Over the next two decades, federal courts declared almost half of all districts under court order in 1991 to be "unitary"--that is, to have met their obligations to eliminate dual systems of…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, School Districts, Desegregation Litigation, Federal Courts