District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania October 27, 1980, Civ. A. 78-172, 78-132 and 78-133 (Armstrong v. Kline)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEWCOMER, District Judge.

To qualify for federal assistance under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1401-1420, a state must have in effect a policy which assures all handicapped children the right to a “free

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appropriate public education.” § 1412. The Act also establishes procedural safeguards with respect to the implementation of that right.