The Chanda Smith Consent Decree: Economic Perspectives of a Court-Mandated Reform.

Booker, Myra Martin

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Publication Date: 1998

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The Chanda Smith Consent Decree: Economic Perspectives of a Court-Mandated Reform.

Booker, Myra Martin

School Business Affairs, v64 n11 p10-14 Nov 1998

By signing a Consent Decree in March 1996, the Los Angeles Unified School District admitted its system had serious problems in delivering special-education services to over 65,000 students and agreed to correct the problems in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This article explains how districts can incorporate economic principles into IDEA compliance plans. (20 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Program Implementation, Special Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

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