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President Signs S. 6, Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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President Signs S. 6, Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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Digitized from Box 18 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
DECEMBER 2, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President has signed S. 6 - Education for All Handicapped
Children Act' of 1975 -- which extends permanently, and establishes a
new formula for Federal grants to States and localities for education
of handicapped children; prescribes State eligibility requirements,
including service to all handicapped children, individualized educational
programs and grievance procedures; and makes various other significant
changes in the Education of the Handicapped Act of 1970.
The bill will extend the Mathias formula through fiscal year 1977.
Starting in fiscal year 1978, the amount of each State's grant would
be computed by multiplying the number of handicapped children aged
3 to 21 receiving special education and related services by an increasing
percentage of the average national per pupil expenditure-- 5% in fiscal
year 1978, 10% in 1979, 20% in 1980, 30% in 1981, and 40% in 1982 and
thereafter. Special allocation provisions are included for Indian children
on reservations and for U.S. territories.
A State will have to have in effect a policy that assures all handicapped
children the right to a free appropriate public education. Such an
education would have to be available for all handicapped children aged
3 to 18 not later than September 1, 1978 and for all such children aged
3 to 21 by September 1, 1980 (unless such requirement as applied to
children aged 3-5 and 18-21 is inconsistent with State law or court order).
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