Senate Panel Approves Bill To Reauthorize Spec.-Ed. Act

By Lynn Schnaiberg

Washington

The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee unanimously approved a bill late last week to reauthorize the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. The plan would make it easier to remove disruptive special-education students from the classroom, and require other agencies to shoulder more of the cost of noneducational services for disabled children.

The bill "maintains a carefully crafted balance between the civil rights of children with disabilities and the increased flexibility that school districts and states require," said Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate...