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Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet
Citation:
512 U.S. 687 (1994)Facts
The village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County, New York, is an enclave of Satmar Hasidim, practitioners of a strict form of Judaism. The residents are culturally distinct, speaking Yiddish as their primary language, following strict religious practices, and educating their children in private religious schools. However, these schools did not provide special education services for handicapped children, who were entitled to such services under state and federal law. Initially, the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District provided these services at an annex to a religious school in Kiryas Joel, but discontinued this arrangement after the Supreme Court’s 1985 decisions in Aguilar v. Felton and School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball, which restricted public educational services on religious school premises. When handicapped Satmar children were forced to attend public schools outside their village, they experienced trauma and distress due to cultural differences. In response, the New York Legislature in 1989 passed Chapter 748, creating a special public school district following the boundaries of Kiryas Joel village to provide special education services to handicapped Satmar children.
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