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Article: Generating a New Message On Special Education Aid; Hill Revising Rules as Enrollment Climbs
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- The Washington Post
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- June 20, 1996
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For the first time in 20 years, Congress is preparing to make a
series of major changes to the federal law that governs how millions
of schoolchildren with physical, emotional or learning disabilities
are educated.
The House last week voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill
that would substantially revise the law; the Senate is working on
its own version, and the Education Department -- which has been
locked in battle with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill on many
other schooling issues -- is backing most of their work on this one.
Much is at stake: Nationwide, special education placements and
expenditures are soaring. There are also growing questions about
whether too many ...