The Exceptional Parent, September 1st, 1989
EDUCATION FOR ALL HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ACT
A JUDICIAL HISTORY
In 1975, The U.S. Congress passed and President Ford signed into law Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA). Legal milestones established by the Federal courts shape the resolution of the ongoing legal challenges to make "a free appropriate education" available to all individuals between the ages of three and twenty-one. Despite the considerable specificity of P.L. 94-142 and its implementing regulations over the past 15 years, the courts have still been required to play a major role in determi...
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