The Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) V

question 9

Multiple Choice

The Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania decision provided that

• A) overrepresentation of African-Americans in classes for the mentally retarded was de facto segregation.
• B) a free and appropriate education be available to all students with mental retardation (currently called intellectual disabilities).
• C) lack of funds was not a legitimate reason for not providing special education services.
• D) merely housing retarded persons in a facility did not constitute educating them.

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