School Health Services for Handicapped Children: The Door Opens No Further: Irving Independent School District v. Tatro, 104 S. Ct. 3371 (1984)

Authors

Joyce Dickey Palomar, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Background: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act and Supreme Court Interpretation Prior to Tatro ... A. The EAHCA ... B. Hendrick Hudson District Board of Education v. Rowley ... 1. The Court's Definition of "Appropriate Education" ... 2. Scope of Judicial Review of Educational Decisions ... C. Concerns of Educators and Parents after Rowley

III. The Tatro Decision ... A. Administrative and Lower Court Action ... B. The Supreme Court Opinion

IV. The Tatro Decision's Contribution to EAHCA Interpretation and Application ... A. Questions Answered by Tatro ... B. Questions Tatro Did Not Answer and New Grey Areas ... 1. "Meaningful Access" and "Some Benefit" ... 2. The Court's Conflicting Attitudes toward Schools' Financial Burdens ... 3. Reliance on State Medical Practice Statutes ... C. Smith v. Robinson

V. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Joyce Dickey Palomar, School Health Services for Handicapped Children: The Door Opens No Further: Irving Independent School District v. Tatro, 104 S. Ct. 3371 (1984), 64 Neb. L. Rev. (1985)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol64/iss3/7