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BEVIN H. BY MICHAEL v. WRIGHT

Civ. A. No. 86-1830.

666 F.Supp. 71 (1987)

BEVIN H. a minor who sues by her parents and next friends, MICHAEL and Elizabeth H. and Michael and Elizabeth H. v. D. Kay WRIGHT, Acting Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh School District.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

August 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet F. Stotland, Education Law Center, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., Nancy A. Hubley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

David H. Dille, Asst. Sol., Thomas F. Halloran, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

GERALD J. WEBER, District Judge.

Bevin H. is a 7 year old girl who suffers severe mental and physical handicaps. At issue here is whether the School District, under the Education for all Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA), 20 U.C.S. § 1401 et seq., must bear the cost of nursing services necessary to enable Bevin to attend school.

The issue presented is a difficult one, both in the complexity of the statutory and regulatory scheme and in...

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