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Irving Independent School District v. Tatro
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- In Irving Independent School District v. Tatro (1984), the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the question of whether the related services provision of the Education of the Handicapped Act of 1975, now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), required a school board in Texas to provide clean intermittent catheterization during class hours to a student who could not voluntarily empty her bladder because of her spina bifida. In holding that the board was required to provide catheterization, the Court reasoned that because this service was required in order for the child to remain at school during the day and that it was a simple procedure that could be performed in a few minutes by a lay person with less than an hour's training, it qualified for coverage under the IDEA.Tatro stands out as the Supreme Court's first attempt to define the distinction between school supportive health services, which officials must provide under the IDEA as related services identified in students' Individualized Education Programs if they are necessary to assist children with disabilities to benefit from special education, and medical services, which they are not required to supply unless they are for diagnostic or evaluative purposes.In resolving Tatro, the Supreme Court relied on the U.S. Department of Education's regulations to define the disputed terms. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Irving Independent School District v. Tatro]
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