Rather, school systems must focus on the needs of children with disabilities - they must try hard, try harder, and try even harder. No child can be denied a free appropriate public education, zero reject. This does not mean that all children must be educated in the regular class or school regardless of the danger posed. It means that education must be provided in the appropriate setting. There is no room for buck-passing responsibility for the provision of a free and appropriate public education to children with disabilities.
School systems are ultimately responsible.
The federal government has an ongoing role to monitor and enforce IDEA, ensure that IDEA remains state of the art, and assist school districts in paying for a portion of the costs of educating children with disabilities. Our shared vision is to prepare children with disabilities for independent living and employment. We can achieve this vision if each individual at the Institute makes a commitment to get the messages of IDEA out to the education community.