་་ ་ ་ ་་ EXTENSION OF EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED ACT Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor SEP 1975 52-822 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii (on leave) JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania THEODORE M. (Ted) RISENHOOVER, PAUL SIMON, Illinois EDWARD BEARD, Rhode Island LEO C. ZEFERETTI, New York CONTENTS Bell, Hon. Terrel H., U.S. Commissioner of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, accompanied by: Richard A. Hastings, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Education), DHEW: and Edwin W. Martin, Jr., Deputy Com- missioner, Bureau of Education for the Handicapped... Harris, James A., president of the National Education Association... Megel, Carl J., director of legislation, American Federation of Teach- Schifter, Richard, vice president, Maryland State Board of Education_ Steinhilber, August W., assistant executive director, office of Federal Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials etc.: Bell, Hon. T. H., U.S. Commissioner of Education, Department of Excerpt from Congressional Record, June 11, 1974___. Harris, James A., president, National Education Association: Estimated number of handicapped children served and unserved McIntyre, Francis X., assistant state superintendent for the division of special education, Maryland State Department of Education, Steinhilber, August W., assistant executive director, office of Federal 69 APPENDIX American Occupational Therapy Association, prepared statement of _ - Council for Exceptional Children: A continuing summary of pending and completed litigation regarding the education of handicapped children, a summary State statutory responsibilities for the education of handicapped children (chart). "Status of State Education Programs for Handicapped Children,' Weintraub, Frederick J., director, Governmental relations, Council for Page 175 169 191 189 177 169 EXTENSION OF EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED ACT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1975 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:40 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2261, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John Brademas (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Brademas, Lehman, Cornell, Miller, Bell, Peyser and Jeffords. Staff Present: Jack Duncan, counsel, Patricia Watts, administrative assistant, and Martin LaVor, minority legislative associate. Mr. BRADEMAS. The subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor will come to order for the purpose of continuing hearings on legislation to provide additional and improved Federal assistance for educational services for America's handicapped children. There are today approximately 7 million handicapped children in our society including 1 million preschool age children suffering from such disabilities as deafness, blindness, retardation, speech or motor impairment and emotional disturbances. Our neglect of these children has been startling. Fully 1 million of the 6 million school aged handicapped children are denied entrance to any publicly supported education, and only 40 percent of these children are receiving special educational services appropriate to their needs. Clearly, we can afford to do better and surely we must do better. During the two days of hearings we have scheduled this week, the subcommittee will hear from representatives of the education community and parents of handicapped children. It is my hope that this subcommittee will expeditiously consider this urgently needed legislation. [Text of Part X-Education and Training of the Handicapped follows:] (1) |