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The State Of Education In Lakewood: Can Students In The Religious Community Access Education?, Arthur Lang
The State Of Education In Lakewood: Can Students In The Religious Community Access Education?, Arthur Lang
Arthur Lang
Lakewood, New Jersey is the fastest growing large town in the country. Of the 28,000 children registered in Lakewood schools, 75% attend private schools, saving the state over $300 million. This leaves the burden of education upon Lakewood families, about 34% of which are below the poverty level. Ninety-nine percent of township students in private schools attend yeshivas. Yeshivas for boys generally do not provide a diploma and provide little or no secular education in high school, while schools for girls provide diplomas and a relatively more rigorous curriculum. Recent Supreme Court decisions regarding state funded vouchers, the charter movement, …
The Result Of Fitzgerald V. Barnstable School Committee On Special Education Law, Arthur Lang
The Result Of Fitzgerald V. Barnstable School Committee On Special Education Law, Arthur Lang
Arthur Lang
The Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act (IDEA) requires that states receiving federal funds provide a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE) to students with disabilities. Failing to provide a FAPE is discriminatory under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Rehabilitations Act (RA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The IDEA provides remedies to correct inadequacies with compensatory but does not provide compensatory damages. Parents dissatisfied with the adequacy of the education of a child with special needs have tried to bypass this, using §1983 to seek damages for an inadequate education under the IDEA and under the …