US Supreme Court bolsters school disability protections


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  • Friday, 13 Jun 2025

A U.S. Flag flutters outside of the United States Supreme Court Building, in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Thursday with a severely epileptic girl who is pursuing a disability discrimination lawsuit against a Minnesota public school district in a ruling that bolsters protections for students with disabilities in American schools.

The 9-0 ruling threw out a lower court's decision that the Osseo Area Schools district had not discriminated against student Ava Tharpe in violation of two federal disability rights laws, as a lawsuit brought by her parents argued.

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