Download full textERIC Number: ED265717
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Oct-17
Pages: 53
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Implementation of Public Law 94-142 as It Relates to Handicapped Delinquents in the District of Columbia. Report to the Ranking Mintoriy Member, Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives.
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.
The report describes an audit by the General Accounting Office (GAO) of services provided under P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, to learning disabled, delinquent, or seriously emotionally disturbed juveniles within the District of Columbia. The movement of a juvenile through the District's Juvenile Justice System is reviewed, followed by a discussion of GAO's data collection on 454 juveniles (173 handicapped and 281 nonhandicapped). Among major study findings considered are that many handicapped delinquents do not receive opportunities for special education, 73% of the individualized education programs do not meet all P.L. 94-142 requirements, and most handicapped delinquents in Youth Services Administration custody do not receive special education. Additional problems were found regarding teacher certification, testing issues, and public schools' monitoring. Recommendations are offered regarding actions by the Board of Education, the Mayor, the D.C. Superior Court, and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. (CL)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Emotional Disturbances, Equal Education, Individualized Education Programs, Juvenile Courts, Learning Disabilities, Program Evaluation, Secondary Education, Services, Special Education
U.S. General Accounting Office, Document Handling and Information Services Facility, P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (first five copies free, $3.25 additional copies).
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Location: District of Columbia
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