Synopsis 

“The high court reversed a ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati which held that Winkelman and other parents of disabled children may not go to court without an attorney to dispute school systems’ plans for educating their children.

The ruling, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, says a federal law governing the education of disabled children clearly gives parents a role in decisions affecting their children’s education, including the right to go to court on their own when they are dissatisfied with school systems’ plans.”

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