Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education The Story behind Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District

Bruce J. Dierenfield, "Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education: The Story behind Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District "
English | ISBN: 0252043200 | 2020 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
In 1988, Sandi and Larry Zobrest sued a suburban Tucson, Arizona, school district that had denied their hearing-impaired son a taxpayer-funded interpreter in his Roman Catholic high school. The Catalina Foothills School District argued that providing a public resource for a private, religious school created an unlawful crossover between church and state. The Zobrests, however, claimed that the district had infringed on both their First Amendment right to freedom of religion and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).