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BD. OF EDUC. v. ILL. STATE BD. OF EDUC.

No. 95-2373.

79 F.3d 654 (1996)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF OAK PARK & RIVER FOREST HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 200, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION and Todd A. by and through his parents Charlotte A. and Robert A., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1996.

As Amended April 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Relisa (argued), Lisa A. Lopatka, Franczek, Sullivan, Mann, Crement, Hein & Relias, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Susan Frederick Rhodes, Office of the Atty. Gen., Laura J. Miller, Northwestern University Legal Clinic, John Moynihan, Law Student (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and BAUER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq., entitles a disabled child to a free public education tailored to his special needs until he turns 21. Todd A., who is now 23, has been severely disabled all his life. Autistic and retarded, he cannot speak, or attend to his basic self-care needs; in most respects, he functions at the same level as a 3 or 4 year old, and in some at a lower level, since normal...

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