Tenth Anniversary of Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142): Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Handicapped of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session ... October 29, 1985U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 148 páginas |
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Página 1 - In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms. We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority...
Página 126 - Even the strongest supporters of this measure know as well as I that they are falsely raising the expectations of the groups affected by claiming authorization levels which are excessive and unrealistic. Despite my strong support for full educational opportunities for our handicapped children, the funding levels proposed in this bill will simply not be possible if Federal expenditures are to be brought under control and a balanced budget achieved over the next few years.
Página 126 - ... proposed in this bill will simply not be possible if Federal expenditures are to be brought under control and a balanced budget achieved over the next few years. There are other features in the bill which I believe to be objectionable and which should be changed. It contains a vast array of detailed, complex, and costly administrative requirements which would unnecessarily assert Federal control over traditional State and local government functions.
Página 19 - ... child to receive a publicly supported education was grounded in the United States Constitution as a right— and that the states were under an obligation to ensure that right. Even as we were writing the legislation that was to become PL 94-142, 40 cases had been filed in 26 states to ensure chat this obligation was being fulfilled. The Federal mandate of PL 94-142 — "to assure that all children with handicaps have available to them ... a free appropriate public education" — was not, therefore,...
Página 117 - Child Care Arrangements in the United States in 1974," testimony before the Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and the Subcommittee on Select Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Joint Hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975, 94th Congress, 1st Session, Feb.
Página 19 - I realize that the enactment and implementation of PL 94-142 have been the subject of some debate and controversy and that there are some who maintain that those of us in Congress did not really understand what we were doing when we wrote the law. Not so. We who worked in committee and on the floor to fashion the legislation had clear and compelling objectives. First, there was a pressing problem for which a Federal response was both necessary and appropriate. For we were as a nation falling critically...
Página 16 - Whan, in 1973, as Chairman of the Select Education Subcommittee, I started looking into this issue, my colleagues and I learned that there were millions of handicapped children of school age who were either receiving an inadequate education or none at all. Before tracing the history of the legislation, I want to underscore several significant facts. * First, there was a great and pressing need to address the problems of the handicapped. We in Congress were confronted with stark evidence that millions...
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Página 107 - ... funds for computer hardware and software acquisition, technology planning at the school level, teacher training, and educational technology R&D. These components were incorporated into provisions of the School Improvement Act and the Trade Act. Power On ! was used and cited extensively in the Report of the House Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor on "Educational Research, Development, and Dissemination: Reclaiming a Vision of the Federal Role for the 1990...
Página 8 - ... waiver, it must inform the Commissioner in writing. The Commissioner then provides the State with a finance and membership report form which provides the basis for the request. (d) In its request for a waiver, the State shall include the results of a special study made by the State to obtain evidence of the availability of a free appropriate public education to all handicapped children.