Special-Ed. Services in Ill. Fall Short, Judge Rules

By Meg Sommerfeld

Illinois has failed to provide educational and developmental services to all the state's eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities, a federal judge ruled last week.

The ruling is the first confirming the rights of disabled infants and toddlers under a 1986 amendment to the 1975 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.

The so-called Part H of the federal law requires that states receiving funds under the law set up early-intervention programs for young children with developmental disabilities and serve all eligible children by the fifth year the...

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