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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1977
Page
10
The federal government moves from ideals to action with Public Law 94-142 guaranteeing a free appropriate public education for eight million handicapped children. The act enforces civil rights in education, beginning this month.
The new federal PL 94-142 schedules that all children ages 3 to 18 must have appropriate education by 1978 and ages 3 to 21 by 1980, prompting concerns over cost, staffing, and paperwork. Iowa's GWAEA notes state compliance under Senate File 1163 and outlines least restrictive environment plans, IEPs, and the need for more educators to meet expanded services.
The Grant Wood Area Education Agency reports 3930 handicapped students in seven counties for the 1977-78 school year. The division’s budget totals 10.84 million dollars with a 265k federal appropriation. Including index weights and non enrolled groups, director Myron Rodee estimates GWAEA serves about 73,000 Area X students overall, extending beyond enrolled cases to parochial students and those in related services. The division employs about 220 people.
Snakes keep a spectacle to cover their eyes creating a blinking stare tied to superstition. Crabs shed shells about 15 times in life and briefly inflate before regrowing. Monarch butterflies use orange and black wings for defense and warning. Pompey the Great hosted five days of circus games in 55 B.C. ending with mass animal deaths.
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