Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
348 F. Supp. 866 (1972)
- Written by Alexander Hager-DeMyer, JD
Facts
The Board of Education of the District of Columbia (board) (defendant) excluded over 12,000 disabled children (students) (plaintiffs) in the District of Columbia (D.C.) from publicly funded education, including regular public school classes and public funding for alternative private instruction. Without performing a formal hearing or review of the students’ statuses, the board excluded the students from public education or adjusted their placements through expulsion, suspension, or denials of admission. A class action was brought on behalf of seven disabled children and the class of all disabled children in D.C. who were eligible for and denied a free public education. The students claimed that the board denied them their right to a publicly supported education and that the board excluded the students without due process of law. The board claimed that it lacked the funding to provide special education services or private-instruction funding for the students under the current budget.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Waddy, J.)
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