[nfbmi-talk] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] National Federation of the Blind Comments on US Supreme Court Decision Regarding Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

[Michael Powell]

Hello all.

If you haven't seen this here is the Nfb press release.

 


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen

Director of Public Relations

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314, extension 2330

(410) 262-1281 (Cell)

cdanielsen at nfb.org


National Federation of the Blind Comments on United States Supreme Court
Decision Regarding Individuals with Disabilities Education Act


Baltimore (March 23, 2017): The National Federation of the Blind today
applauded the unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court in
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, (Docket No. 15-827).

Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
"While we would have preferred an even stronger ruling, this decision
clearly represents a shift from the paradigm of low expectations that has
led to frustration and failure for so many blind students and their
families. I know the frustration with this paradigm all too well myself, as
both a blind person and a parent of blind children. The National Federation
of the Blind knows that one of the biggest hurdles that students with
disabilities confront is the low expectations too often set for them by
well-meaning but misguided professionals in the education field. The Supreme
Court of the United States has now affirmed that the blind and other
students with disabilities can, and should, be expected to meet challenges
and advance academically. The National Federation of the Blind stands ready
to collaborate with educational administrators, teachers and parents of
blind students to ensure that all blind students receive the kind of free
appropriate public education that the IDEA and the Supreme Court's new
interpretation of it require. At the same time, we will continue to hold
school systems accountable when they fail to meet these requirements."

In delivering the unanimous opinion of the High Court, United States Chief
Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in part: "The goals may differ, but every
child should have the chance to meet challenging objectives. This standard
is more demanding than the 'merely more than de minimis' test applied by the
Tenth Circuit. . When all is said and done, a student offered an educational
program providing 'merely more than de minimis' progress from year to year
can hardly be said to have been offered an education at all."

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About the National Federation of the Blind

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.


 






 
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