Urban V. Jefferson County School District Case Summary
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Case Briefing #6-Andre Williams 1 Name & citation of case: Urban v. Jefferson County School District R-1, 870 F. Supp. 1558 (D. CO 1994) 2.Facts: This case was originally presented before the district court of Colorado in 1993 on behalf of the parents of Gregory Urban, a seventeen-year-old teen with severe mental disabilities. Gregory and his parents moved to Evergreen, Colorado in 1991. The parents wanted Gregory to go to Evergreen High School but the school district placed him at Golden High School where he participated in support services for children with severe disabilities. The support services at Golden High School were not available at Evergreen High. After the development of Gregory’s IEP his parents voiced objections to what they believed constituted violations of Gregory’s right to a free and appropriate public education. These violations included placement of Gregory outside his neighborhood school and failure to stipulate transition services in his IEP. After initially participating in the IDEA administrative process the parents filed a case with the district court claiming the school district violated Gregory’s rights under IDEA and ADA. The court ruled in favor of the school district by rejecting …show more content…
This case is significant because of the courts’ strict interpretation of the law. A summary reading of IDEA would lead many parents to believe that a school must accommodate each child who is disabled by all means necessary. However, alternative placements can also be considered free appropriate pubic education. The court stated that the Urbans never argued against the quality of education Gregory received at Golden High. This is significant because if quality had been considered then FAPE could have come into play. As it stands now the court’s ruling and interpretation of the law further defines
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the case was presented before the district court of colorado in 1993 on behalf of the parents of gregory urban, a seventeen-year-old with severe mental disabilities.
- Explains that some administrative rulings were ambiguous. an impartial hearing officer found that the district failed to provide gregory with a free appropriate public education.
- Explains that the u.s. court of appeals upheld the district court's ruling based on precedent and the family’s failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
- Explains that the case was presented before the district court of colorado in 1993 on behalf of the parents of gregory urban, a seventeen-year-old with severe mental disabilities.
- Explains that some administrative rulings were ambiguous. an impartial hearing officer found that the district failed to provide gregory with a free appropriate public education.
- Explains that the u.s. court of appeals upheld the district court's ruling based on precedent and the family’s failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
- Explains that the u.s. court of appeals upheld the district court's ruling. the court affirmed the lower court’s dismissal on grounds of the lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
- Explains that the jurisdiction of the court extends to all u.s. states and territories because it was a federal case in the second highest court.
- Analyzes how the court's strict interpretation of idea led to parents believing that schools must accommodate disabled children, but alternative placements can also be considered free appropriate pubic education.
- Analyzes how the urbans' case fits into the time line of when they moved into evergreen. the eahca was amended in 1990 and became idea.
- Opines that the current field of education is one where parents and educators have slowly come to a consensus on the meaning of fape and inclusion.
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- Explains that earl warren, the head of the supreme court at that time, believed that the conditions of schools for african-americans were not equal.
- Opines that the doctrine of separate but equal has no place in the field of public education. separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
- Explains that brown v. board of education brought fear and hope to the mass of african-american educators in public school. many teachers harbored deep misgivings about abandoning segregated schools.
- Explains that the national association for the advancement of colored people was aware that african-american teachers could make or break its campaign to end segregation in public education.
- Opines that not all african-americans were happy with the supreme court decision. they felt that desegregated schools would still face segregation and not intermingle with white children.
- Explains that race relations were a major concern in alabama in the 1950s and 1960s. civil rights activists worked tirelessly to end racial segregation.
- Explains that by the mid 1950's, the initial reaction of whites southerners to the brown decision gave way to fierce opposition led by segregationists.
- Opines that alabama's importance in the civil rights struggle is equivalent to what virginia was to the civil war.
- Explains that the supreme court's brown v. board of education ii decision did not call for an instantaneous admittance of african-americans to all white schools.
- Explains that the courts will require defendants to make a prompt and reasonable start toward full compliance with our may 17, 1954, ruling.
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