Due to recent court decisions the exclusion privilege, previously allowing school systems to deny public education to severely handicapped children, is becoming a legal option no longer. This article examines the administrative concerns and problems regarding the education of severely handicapped children and attempts to offer some general solutions and plans of implementation.
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