Among the presidential actions for which the late Gerald R. Ford probably will not be remembered in news accounts of his public life is the signing 2 December 1975 of Senate Bill 6, making it Public Law 94-142. However, for millions of American children and their families, the law—entitled the “Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975″—stands as a landmark. It and the reauthorizations that have followed it have changed education in the US and, arguably, around the world, for both students with and without disabilities.
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