the first federal special education law was passed in 1997.
the first federal special education law was passed in 1997.
when was the first federal special education law passed?
1997
bullet::::- anthony mcpartlin, british tv presenter, actor and singer (ant and dec), in newcastle upon tyne









































section::::november 19, 1975 (wednesday).









































bullet::::- the first federal special education legislation the education for all handicapped children act, was passed by the u.s. senate, 87-7, after being approved by the house the day before, 404-7. the law provided for the equal right of public education to all children, regardless of disability. president ford would sign the bill into law on november 29.









































bullet::::- born: sushmita sen, indian beauty queen and actress selected as miss universe in 1994; in hyderabad









































section::::november 20, 1975 (thursday).
november 1975
the purpose of federal special education funding is to maintain or improve the quality of special education services. this purpose would be undercut if additional federal dollars were "supplanted" by merely reducing the level of state or local funding for special education. for this reason, like many other such programs, the federal law and regulations contain accounting guidelines, requiring "maintenance of effort." the statute says that federal funds provided to the local education agency "(i) shall be used only to pay the excess cost of providing special education and related services to children with disabilities; (ii) shall be used to supplement state, local and other federal funds and not to supplant such funds; and (iii) shall not be used …to reduce the level of expenditures for the education of children with disabilities made by the local education agency from local funds below the level of those expenditures for the preceding fiscal year. 20 usc 1413 regulations implementing this requirement begin with a test that seeks to assure that funds provided to a local education agency (lea) under part b of idea may not be used to reduce the level of expenditures for the education of children with disabilities made by the lea from local funds below the level of those expenditures for the preceding fiscal year. implementing this requirement fairly at the local level requires some exceptions
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