RT Book
T1 Disability rights and religious liberty in education: the story behind Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
T2 Disability histories
A1 Dierenfield, Bruce J. 1951-
A1 Gerber, David A.
LA English
PP Chicago
PB University of Illinois Press
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1776504399
AB "This book project analyzes the social context of, and the judicial rulings in the case of, Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District (1993)--a lawsuit with considerable significance for disability and church-state jurisprudence. The question brought before the U.S. Supreme Court by the parents of James Zobrest, a resident of Arizona who is profoundly hearing impaired, was whether James might continue to receive tax-supported sign-language interpretation when, in the absence of public high schools in his area, he moved from a public middle school to Salpointe Catholic High School. When local school officials denied the Zobrests' request on the ground that compliance with it would have the "primary effect of promoting religion," the Zobrests hired a sign-language interpreter at crippling personal expense and also filed suit against the school district, arguing that its opposition to their funding request violated both the free exercise clause of the First Amendment to choose for reasons of faith to send their son to a Catholic high school and the recently passed Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which required states to facilitate the education of children with disabilities"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN K638
SN 0252052080
SN 9780252052088
K1 People with disabilities
K1 People with disabilities : Legal status, laws, etc : United States
K1 Deaf children : Education
K1 Deaf : Education
K1 Freedom Of Religion : United States : History
K1 LAW / General