Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit May 16, 1988, 87-2360, 87-2419 (Tonya K., by Her Mother and Next Friend Diane K. v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago)

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This class action was settled in March 1984. The district court entered a consent decree requiring the Board of Education of Chicago and the Illinois Superintendent of Education to place handicapped students in appropriate special programs promptly after their needs were diagnosed. The decree implemented the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, 20 U.S.C.