SPECIAL EDUCATION CONFLICT: A Symptom of Poor Outcomes for Students.

The article discusses the special education law for disabled students in the U.S. and the need for its reform. PL 94-142, originally called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, was passed in 1975 and was focused on basic procedural issues that reflected the primary goal of allowing disabled children admission into public schools. In the 1990s, the law was amended to include the requirement that general educators participate in the individualized education program (IEP) process.