Legal Opinion

Centennial School District v. Commonwealth Department of Education

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 22, 1988No. 60 E.D. Appeal Docket, 1987PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the Public School Code and regulations promulgated by the Department of Education require school districts to provide an individualized program of education for mentally gifted students, or whether school districts may lawfully elect to provide only generalized education programs for such students.

In 1981 Centennial School District (the school district) devised an individualized education program (IEP) for an exceptional student, Terry Auspitz, which recommended that Terry be included in the district’s program for…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Centennial School District v. Commonwealth, Department of EducationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Shanberg v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Scott S. v. Dept. of EducationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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