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Peer reviewedAmerican Annals of the Deaf, 1980
The special section contains three papers focusing on the effects of federal legislation on deaf education: "Public Residential Schools for Deaf Students in the United States, 1970-1978" (A. Schildroth); "Due Process--A Status Report on Schools for Deaf Children" (G. Holman); "The Impact of 504 on Schools for the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compliance (Legal), Deafness, Demography
Download full textMcCarthy, Martha M. – 1981
The paper reviews recent court rulings on the appropriateness of programs and services of public school services for handicapped children. Cited are the effects of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The first three sections address litigation in which courts have…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Costs, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Martha – West's Education Law Reporter, 1988
In "Timothy W. v. Rochester School District" a federal judge ruled that the public school was not obligated to provide special education services for a severely handicapped child. Developments pertaining to the rights of severely handicapped children are revealed; the "Timothy W." decision is analyzed; and unresolved issues are…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
