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Amy Scott Lorton

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The IDEA Turns 50!

5 days ago
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On November 29, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) into law. An amendment to Public Law 94-142 in 1990 renamed the law the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

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