SPED 5320 EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Evans v. ISD No. 25 (1986) - Answers Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Seeking to get daughter coded Emotionally Disturbed(E.D.)
Entitled to benefits under All Handicapped Children Act(EAHEA)
Diagnosed w/conduct disorder by psyciatric
A.E. had a Learning Disability in MATH
Suspended for, Theft, Fighting, Smoking, Excessive Tardiness
Ruling: Not Emotionally Disturbed instead suffered from conduct disorder.
Quackenbush v. Johnson City School District Case (1978) - Answers Jason, handicapped, kindergarten
general ed classroom.
-District employees advise waiting until following school year to
evaluate him
-Jason Repeats Kindergarten
-Mother seeks psychological evaluation
-Evaluation sent to COH(Committee of Handi) two months later
-Employee brings consent form to be filled out
*Employee instructs mother to leave form blank
*Employee checks box denying testing w/o mother's knowledge
*No action is taken by the school
-Mother claims check box placed by school/employee and son has
been denied services because of financial reasons
Ruling: Court ruled in the side of the plaintiff, School did NOT provide a free and appropriate public
education. In this cases Jason has been deprived of Sped Services.
Brookhart v. Illinois State Board of Education (1982) - Answers 11 out of 14 students were denied a HS
Diploma due to failing the state's minimal competency test as a grad requirement.
-Each student failed at least one portion of the test
*issued certificates of completion in lieu of diplomas
-Parents appealed MCT requirement violated Due Process rights.
*Failed to give "Adequate Timely Notice"
Ruling: Students IEP's had not contemplated new requirements. Test requirement DID NOT violate
the Federal Education for all Handicapped Children Act by denying a "Free appropriate education." 11
of the 14 where then awarded their diploma.
Alamo Heights ISD v State board of Ed (1986) - Answers 8 year old boy Steven, suffers from cerebral
dysplasia in hand and face including communication challenges.
*Steven considered "Not Educatable but Trainable"
-For 7 years Alamo offered a summer program for all Sped
-Due to changes in policy Steven could no longer attend
-Steven's mother requested services and transportation
Ruling: Steven would experience Significant Regression without summer school program. Alamo was
required to include a provision for summer services (ESY) in IEP. Transportation also needed to be
provided.
Espino v. Besteiro - Answers A young boy who suffered a broken spinal cord as an infant and was
unable to regulate his body temperature.
-the school offered to have him placed in a plexiglass cube that was
climate controlled.
-Parents argued the entire classroom should be air conditioned
Ruling: The courts ruled in favor of Raul and his family. BISD worked out an arrangement whereby
Raul would be educated in a local, private school.
Lemon v Kurtsman (1971)
Zobrest v Catalina Foothills - Answers Is about public funding of religious schools
-Zobrest v Catalina involved a deaf student's decision to attend a
private school and requested for his state assigned interpreter to
remain with him at the new location.
-Requested that local school board continue to pay for son's
interpreter but denied based on Unconstitutional grounds.
Evans v. ISD No. 25 (1986) - Answers Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Seeking to get daughter coded Emotionally Disturbed(E.D.)
Entitled to benefits under All Handicapped Children Act(EAHEA)
Diagnosed w/conduct disorder by psyciatric
A.E. had a Learning Disability in MATH
Suspended for, Theft, Fighting, Smoking, Excessive Tardiness
Ruling: Not Emotionally Disturbed instead suffered from conduct disorder.
Quackenbush v. Johnson City School District Case (1978) - Answers Jason, handicapped, kindergarten
general ed classroom.
-District employees advise waiting until following school year to
evaluate him
-Jason Repeats Kindergarten
-Mother seeks psychological evaluation
-Evaluation sent to COH(Committee of Handi) two months later
-Employee brings consent form to be filled out
*Employee instructs mother to leave form blank
*Employee checks box denying testing w/o mother's knowledge
*No action is taken by the school
-Mother claims check box placed by school/employee and son has
been denied services because of financial reasons
Ruling: Court ruled in the side of the plaintiff, School did NOT provide a free and appropriate public
education. In this cases Jason has been deprived of Sped Services.
Brookhart v. Illinois State Board of Education (1982) - Answers 11 out of 14 students were denied a HS
Diploma due to failing the state's minimal competency test as a grad requirement.
-Each student failed at least one portion of the test
*issued certificates of completion in lieu of diplomas
-Parents appealed MCT requirement violated Due Process rights.
*Failed to give "Adequate Timely Notice"
Ruling: Students IEP's had not contemplated new requirements. Test requirement DID NOT violate
the Federal Education for all Handicapped Children Act by denying a "Free appropriate education." 11
of the 14 where then awarded their diploma.
Alamo Heights ISD v State board of Ed (1986) - Answers 8 year old boy Steven, suffers from cerebral
dysplasia in hand and face including communication challenges.
*Steven considered "Not Educatable but Trainable"
-For 7 years Alamo offered a summer program for all Sped
-Due to changes in policy Steven could no longer attend
-Steven's mother requested services and transportation
Ruling: Steven would experience Significant Regression without summer school program. Alamo was
required to include a provision for summer services (ESY) in IEP. Transportation also needed to be
provided.
Espino v. Besteiro - Answers A young boy who suffered a broken spinal cord as an infant and was
unable to regulate his body temperature.
-the school offered to have him placed in a plexiglass cube that was
climate controlled.
-Parents argued the entire classroom should be air conditioned
Ruling: The courts ruled in favor of Raul and his family. BISD worked out an arrangement whereby
Raul would be educated in a local, private school.
Lemon v Kurtsman (1971)
Zobrest v Catalina Foothills - Answers Is about public funding of religious schools
-Zobrest v Catalina involved a deaf student's decision to attend a
private school and requested for his state assigned interpreter to
remain with him at the new location.
-Requested that local school board continue to pay for son's
interpreter but denied based on Unconstitutional grounds.
