William S. v. Gill’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “1. All Illinois children between the ages of three and twenty-one who have been or will be identified by the Multidisciplinary Staff Conference of their local school district as handicapped children requiring special education and related services and who have been or will be refused some or all of those services on the grounds that the child requires such services for primarily noneducational reasons as defined in Item Six, Page 2 of the Memorandum of Understanding of August 26-27, 1980; and 2. All Illinois children between the ages of three and twenty-one who have been or will be refused identification as handicapped children entitled to special education and related services by their local school district on the grounds that the child requires such services for primarily non-educational reasons as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding of August 26-27, 1980 and who do not receive those services from the other state agencies governed by the Memorandum of Understanding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 591 F. Supp. 422 - William S. v. Gill

2. “1. all Illinois agencies (including local school districts) that provide special education or related services comply with EAHCA ( 20 U.S.C. § 1412 (6), 34 C.F.R. § 300.600 (a)(2)) and 2. all handicapped children living in Illinois receive a free appropriate public education ( 20 U.S.C. § 1412 (1) and (6), 34 C.F.R. § 300.600 (a)(1)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 572 F. Supp. 509 - William S. v. Gill