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- Title
Handicapped Children Redefined—Legal Eligibility for Services Expanded.
- Authors
Abeson, Alan; Trudeau, Elaine
- Abstract
The article provides information about the development of special education laws intended to increase the range of exceptional children eligible for special education services among the various states in the U.S. The author cited that the Maryland and Connecticut laws indicated no minimum age requirement special education programs. In Kansas handicapped youth unable to complete their education by age 21 are eligible to continue to receive special education services until they reach 24. In addition, the West Virginia law also provides the state superintendent with the power to include other children not listed as handicapped and thus eligible for special education.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EDUCATIONAL law &; legislation; SPECIAL education; EXCEPTIONAL children; YOUTH with disabilities; EDUCATION; CHILD development; SCHOOL administration
- Publication
Exceptional Children, 1970, Vol 37, Issue 4, p305
- ISSN
0014-4029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/001440297003700411