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A federal law, in place since 1975, offers a remarkable promise to approximately 25,000 children in the School District of Philadelphia. That law, now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), tells school districts that they must reach out and find children with disabilities — the Child Find obligation. Then schools must give the children the services and support they need to benefit from an education and the child must receive the services in the least restrictive environment. In other words, children should not be sent to a segregated “special ed” classroom; they should receive the help they need so that they can learn alongside their non-disabled classmates.
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