TONYA K. BY DIANE K. v. BD. OF EDUC. OF CHICAGO

Nos. 87-2360, 87-2419.

847 F.2d 1243 (1988)

TONYA K., by her mother and next friend DIANE K., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debora A. Taylor, Chicago, Ill., Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Ann H. Fisher, Legal Asst. Found., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This class action was settled in March 1984. The district court entered a consent decree requiring the Board of Education of Chicago and the Illinois Superintendent of Education to place handicapped students in appropriate special programs promptly after their needs were diagnosed. The decree implemented the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1411-20 (the Act). Although the parties agreed on the appropriate...

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