A Mandate To Educate: The Law and Handicapped Children. First Edition.

Overview & Synopsis

The book reviews the history of special education litigation, both before and after passage of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and considers the future of such litigation. Legal milestones in the education of handicapped children are traced from Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954 to Honig v. Doe in 1987. The future of special education litigation is explored in terms of the following issues: a free, appropriate public education; placement in the least restrictive environment; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; related services; the 1986 Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (PL 99-457); the Medicaid conflict; the Supreme Court's rulings on discipline; due process mediation; attorneys' fees; and the shortcomings of litigation. The text of the Education of the Handicapped Act is appended. (CL)