Responses of state education agencies (SEAs) are reported to questions on the effect of implementing P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The following topics are briefly addressed (sample subtopics in parentheses): overview of the use of P.L. 94-142 funds (use of flow through funds); incidence and trends in due process hearings; implications of Armstrong vs. Klein (a ruling on extended year programs); impact of P.L. 94-142 on state law; increase in special education staffing as a result of P.L. 94-142 (primary areas of growth in personnel at the local education agency level); comparison of preschool programing between 1975 and 1979 (number served, preschool certification standards); problems in achieving full appropriate public education; effect of priorities; nondiscriminatory assessment; related services; and physical education (requirements for inclusion in the individualized education program). (CL)