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BD. OF EDUC. v. WIEDER

72 N.Y.2d 174 (1988)

Board of Education of the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District, Respondent, v. Abraham Wieder, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of Hudes Wieder, and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Adolfsen, Darrel M. Seife and Karen E. Heller for appellants.

Lawrence W. Reich for respondent.

Norman H. Gross and Jay Worona for New York State School Boards Association, Inc., amicus curiae.

Nathan Lewin and Dennis Rapps for National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

KAYE, J.

This appeal centers on a struggle between the Board of Education of the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District, and parents and handicapped children of Kiryas Joel, an incorporated village of Satmarer Hasidim located within the school district. No one disputes that State and Federal law require the Board of Education to make special services available to these handicapped children. The conflict arises...

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