Angus Jones

Ms. Vanstraten
Per. 1-2
3/31/16
Grundemann vs. Valley Unified School District No 69
There have been many Civil Rights cases over the span of the American court systems.
People are always fighting for what they believe are their rights. Yes, these instances are very
common, and many do involve a right that the person indeed is being deprived of, but that does
not mean that there are still cases with absurd accusations of a violation of American rights when
in reality the accuser is just over his or her head. Speaking in the case of A.G., a student, by and
through parents William Grundemann and Rhonda Grundemann; William Grundemann; and
Rhonda Grundemann, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants/ Cross-Appellees, v. PARADISE
VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 69 PVUSD (referred to as A. Grundemann v.
Valley Unified School District No 69) I have decided that A. Grundemann was indeed deprived
of her rights. In the case of A. Grundemann v. Paradise Valley Unified School District No 69, the
defendants are guilty of bypassing the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act,
and and the requirements set by the Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) and that
combined with the related statutory scheme found in the Individuals with Disabilities in
Education Act (IDEA).
After first reviewing the case of A. Grundemann v. Paradise Valley Unified School
District No 69, it is easy to see that the defendant did in fact ignore the Americans With
Disabilities Act. It was the ADAs goal to make individuals with disabilities more human in the
publics eyes, even though it kept a high focus on the economical status of these individuals.
Intended to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate to end discrimination against
individuals with disabilities and to bring persons with disabilities into the economic and social

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mainstream," (Cooper, Jefferey) The entire reason Mr. Jefferey made this overview of the ADA
was to help non-educated readers to better understand what all the ADA would supple for
disabled Americans nationwide. To make the previous statement cited more understandable for
the ADAs effect on the nation, and even the case of A. Grundemann v. Paradise Valley Unified
School District No 69 we can dissect it word for word and see what it truly means for us. The
cited words simply state that the time of discrimination towards the disabled of America is not
humane towards them, it is explaining that these disabled deserve the jobs and educations that all
of us get and have. No matter the disability, these men and women are to be treated as what they
are, human. A. Grundemann is a adolescent girl with an inability to control her anger classifying
her as disabled. Grundemann was suspended for her disability from her original school in the
Paradise Valley School District, and asked to attend a school for the troubled called
Roadrunner. That is not what they wished for, the Grundemann family wished for their child to
be educated in a normal school environment.
Upon diving into the case further, we find that the Rehabilitation Act comes into play
growing the Grundemanns case. The Rehabilitation Act was put into place after the events of
World War I to protect the waves of injured veterans from discrimination at a later point in their
life, but the act goes farther, protecting any US citizen with a disability. The act states the
following, No otherwise qualified handicapped individual . . . shall, solely by reason of his
handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. (Judith
Welch Wegner) So, how does this apply to Ms. A. Grundemann? The statement above covers A.

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Grundemanns right to an equal education, or that of and education that any other student would
receive if he or she did not have a disability. This is the second document that the Valley Unified
School District failed to comply to, and further evidence that the Grundemann family was
abused, especially their daughter, by not giving her the education she deserved. They took her
out of normal schooling because of a simple disability, and placed her in a special school
where she did not learn at the same pace as her peers. The neglect that A. Grundemann went
through is protected by many acts, and some recent education acts.
Certain requirements were set a while back known as the Free Appropriate Public
Education (FAPE) and those requirements are combined with a similar scheme known as the
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA). FAPE is a simple idea, that took
longer to be put into play than what it probably should have. The idea of FAPE is, However,
the Rowley court determined that appropriate meant tailored to a child's individual needs, not to
the needs of the school system, and that access to public schooling for children with disabilities
fell short of requiring schools to provide the very best in programming. (Jean C. and Mitchell
Y.) Once again, we see that Paradise Valley ignored and important document. FAPE was put
into place to protect families like the Grundemanns from corrupted school districts that did not
want what was best for the student, but what was good for the school and district funds. Then, we
look at the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, or more popularly known as IDEA.
IDEA brings to our attention, Section 615 discipline provisions ensure that students with
disabilities will have procedural and substantive protection against discipline that might
terminate their right to an education or alter the nature of FAPE for them. (H. Rutherford) The

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combined effort of FAPE and IDEA help form together the Grundemanns case. Paradise
Valley Unified School District is breaking the regulations set by congressmen conveyed through
FAPE and IDEA. They have denied her rights of a fair education due to her disabilities, and
they have punished her for such disabilities, which in turn terminated her right to and education
at a school in the district.
Civil Rights cases are very common in the legal world, so many people believe that their
rights as Americans are being robbed of them.Sometimes it is true, people are being mistreated
and neglected, but other times, the accusing misunderstand the rights our forefathers set into
place for us. Thats not the case this time. The Grundemanns won their case in the end, and it
was wise of the judge and jury to rule in their favor. The Grundemanns did nothing wrong, but
yet their daughter was ripped of her rights. The laws and regulation set forth by the Americans
With Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Free Appropriate Public Education, and
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act were unmistakingly broke by Paradise Valley. I
then deem Paradise Valley School District No 69 guilty of denying and abusing A.
Grundemanns rights that were protected by the documents stated above, and that the
Grundemann family deserve their well deserved justice by seeing Paradise Valley punished by
the court with the jury as their witness.
Work Cited:
Cooper, Jefferey O. OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT: THE MEANING OF
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION AND UNDUE HARDSHIP IN THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT. Print.

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Crockett, Jean B., and Mitchell L. Yell. Without Data All We Have Are Assumptions: Revisiting
the Meaning of a Free Appropriate Public Education. 3rd ed. Vol. 37. Journal of Law &
Education, 2008. Print.
Turnbull, H. Rutherford. Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization:
Accountability and Personal Responsibility. 6th ed. Vol. 26. 2005. Print.
Wegner, Judith Welch. The Antodiscrimination Model Reconsidered: Ensuring Equal
Opportunity Without Respect to Handicap Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973. 3rd ed. Vol. 69. Cornell Law, 1984. Print.