The legal requirements that are set forth by the IDEA act state, "Each state must establish procedures to assure that, to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled, and that special education, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily." ... More and more schools are considering inclusio...

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P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act mandated a free and appropriate public education for all children with disabilities, ensured due process rights and mandated Individual Education Plan (IEP) and Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). ... There have been some arguments with congress about placing children with a disability in a least restrictive environment and how the regular education students will benefit from all of the advances they made to accommodate the child. ...

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Some courts have stricken compulsory-education laws for being too vague or have found that more restrictive regulations exceeded the state education agency's statutory authority. ... traditional school environment would provide (Latham 87). ...

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