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ERIC Number: EJ289791
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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A Response to the GAO Report, "Disparities Still Exist in Who Gets Special Education."
Lakin, K. Charlie; And Others
Exceptional Children, v50 n1 p30-34 Sep 1983
Data gathered on 401 school-age children (part of a nationally representative sample of individuals living in residential facilities for mentally retarded persons) found that at the same time the General Accounting Office study was conducted, substantial numbers were not in school programs and eight percent were in no day programs whatsoever. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Institutionalized Persons, Severe Disabilities, Special Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Education for All Handicapped Children Act