Congress Enacts the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Education, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Teaching, Teachers, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Children, Human Rights, Disabilities, Handicapped People
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: 1975
Article abstract: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was enacted by the United States Congress to ensure that all school-age children receive a free, appropriate education.
Summary of Event
In the early 1970’s. increased attention focused upon the need to provide appropriate education programs to handicapped children in the United States. A major impetus for this increased public attention came from litigation in the federal courts. In Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens v. Common wealth of Pennsylvania. mentally retarded...
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