PASCAGOULA MUN. SEP. SCH. DIST. v. DOE

No. 56674.

508 So.2d 1081 (1987)

The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the PASCAGOULA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT v. Joe DOE, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond L. Brown, Brown & Associates, Robert W. Wilkinson, Megehee, Williams & Mestayer, Pascagoula, for appellant.

J. Brice Kerr, Pascagoula, for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and GRIFFIN, JJ.


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Today, for the first time, we consider the rights of a handicapped child under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) passed by Congress in 1975 and adopted by Mississippi through regulations established by the Mississippi Department of Education. This child was expelled from the Pascagoula Municipal Separate School District for disciplinary reasons.

The Education of the Handicapped Act, 20 U.S.C. &...

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