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Tom Harkin: “I fear that all the progress we have made in the past, under things like the Americans with Disabilities Act, IDEA…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2004
I fear that all the progress we have made in the past, under things like the Americans with Disabilities Act, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and integrating students in schools, bringing kids with disabilities into the mainstream of schools--he said: I fear what we are going to start doing is now segregating them out one more time, segregating them out of our schools again because they are being a drag on all the other students.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about the potential segregation of students with disabilities in schools.

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