Substantive Rights for the Developmentally Disabled: Conditions for Receipt of Federal Funds.

Walter, Gail A.

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Publication Date: 1982

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Substantive Rights for the Developmentally Disabled: Conditions for Receipt of Federal Funds.

Walter, Gail A.

Journal of Education Finance, v8 n2 p216-22 Fall 1982

Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision in "Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital," involving the rights of and treatment provided for residents in a Pennsylvania institution for the severely retarded, under the federal Rehabilitation Act, the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, and a state law. (RW)

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Federal Aid, Federal Courts, Federal Legislation, Mental Retardation, Residential Institutions, Residential Schools, State Agencies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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