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Handicj By Chris D. Porter Otmicock Staff Writir Backed by a new law, children with learning disabilities are now entitled to a free public education. according to Darrel G. Minifie, coordinator of the Program for Exceptional Children. The Education of All Handicapped Children Act, signed by President Ford in November, 1975, became effective this fall for children between the ages of 5 and 17, and has called for extensive changes in the College of Education's curriculum, Minifie said. "UP UNTIL this time," he said, "a child could be excluded from a public institution if there were nc facilities to handle his special need. This is no longer the case." Before the passage of the new law, about SO percent of the han dicapped children in Souti Carolina were either excludet from an education or not serve< adequately, Minifie said. The College of Education is of fering a wider range ol courses ii Discount t: By Jan Easter ling Gamtcock Staff Wrltar An investigation has begun intc missinfl funds from thA nhi^Mil discount ticket account, Student Senate President Garry Norris saic Wednesday night at the Senate's first meeting. The Irvin Fuller Co., which owns 14 movie theaters in Columbia, hai sold tickets to the student govern ment for $2 since November to to sold to students at the same price Tickets normally range from $: specials to $3.50. THE ORIGINAL amount o money missing from the accoun was $1,715, but Norris said th< amount had changed to $1,40 because of about 250 tickets founi in the office of former studen nffairs administrative aflfttatant Sm Ann Roughton. "Anyone who had any contac with the tickets or sales may b called upon to submit any ii formation they may have on th tickets/' Norris said. me investigation is ueiiig cor ducted by campus security and th student affairs office, he saic Ticket sales are stopped until th investigation is complete, but Irvi Puller has agreed to continue th li full m^nu rest) excellent every Noon, m< CASUAL L< COLOR TVCOF (IT ipped to lis ((lauuaic |>iugicwi ui ui uc? IU help teachers deal with the learning disabilities they are likely to meet. ACCORDING TO Dean K. Mcintosh, director of educational services, the college is waiting for master's degree approval for seven areas. The degrees given to the Commission on Higher Education for evaluation include - 1 1 L . uivauiwi imnuitMp, ui uiupcuic handicaps, emotional handicaps, visual handicaps, learning i disabilities, trainable mental retardation, and general specialist education. Only master's degrees in mental i retardation education are i available now, Mcintosh said. I Although the new law will ' present some problems, Mcintosh r is pleased. "This is the only law - that deals with children at the 1 federal level. I think it's great," he 1 said. 1 ONE PROBLEM is in putting the - law into action. "It's a good law* i but how do you implement it?" he i olrat m nn LVlVVt sales at tbe University after the investigation is completed, he said. , STUDENT GOVERNMENT t Treasurer Lisa Vogelsong ant nounced to the senate that the I legislative branch has $891 in i unallocated money to work with at present, but said she was trying to "tighten up the bucket to find more money to work with." Vogelsong 5 said the senate overspent their budget last year by $11,500. "You g just allocated a bunch of money ; and you never knew how much you bjjcui uiiui uic cnu ui uic jcai, she said. Vogelsong said any bill involving f expenditures must be submitted to t her to be assigned a number so she b can keep track of money being 0 allocated. 1 fn nttwr ?r?Hnnrc fho aonntn lof t stand two presidential vetoes. e ONE BILL vetoed by SG president Seamus O'Boyle would e have required campus and . supreme court opinions to be e prepared in confldential and public forms, with the public forms being distributed and posted on campus. 1- O'Boyle vetoed the bill, saying it e would be an unnecessary cost of 1. money and time, since the opinions ie are on record in the SG office, n The other bill would have formed ie a position of a student advocate to MJRANT WITH I BUFFET 3NDAYTO FRIDAY DUNGE -POOL?AIR C Flvo AAa|or Credit Cards Accepted 779-7790 tNEROF MAIN & LAC i The Heart of Downtown ? Four Block* From USC C >receive i asked. Mcintosh said the law has just been thrust at regular classroom teachers and, prepared or not, they must deal with handicapped children in the normal classroom environment Because of the new law, parents ?-1 _ A. _ 1.1 ? -1 are aoie 10 mre lawyers ana me suit against a school if they think their handicapped child is not getting an adequate education. "Say a couple brings a child into our program, Minifie said, "and we say, 'OK, we'll put your son or daughter into this isolated room with maybe a few other students. He'll read and learn a few things, r but nothing too strenuous.' If the parents want something better, | they can take us to court, and then we have to prove that the child belongs where we put him." ACCORDING TO the act, every handicapped child must have a sheet which prescribes the way he should be handled, a subscription for needs and continuous progress reports. Money to fund all these special services will come from local, missing represent students in the courts as a defense lawyer. The bill was vetoed with the explanation that there is a legal aid office, and the law school also provides lawyers for that purpose. O'Boyle said the position was tried before but failed. At the next senate meeting, USC President James B. Holderman will address the senate, along with O'Boyle, who will give a "state of student government" address. 1 I ATLANTIC I -fl Rlnrinn 7innpr?; I I Mary, Mary ATLANTIC II Thoroughly Amorous Amy Cll?% 11^ [l no M yj up J t fjuuuuh j 1 [motor innJ CONDITIONED )Y STS. mpu*) ' Free educ district, and federal sources, < Minifie said. USC will not directly benefit < from the new law financially, < Mcintosh said, but without it the i college would not have received < four new faculty members for this i fall, nor would there have been an j expanded course load. THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION does make money tiowever, when it sends out faculty members and equipment to local 1 schools in order to teach courses to regular classroom teachers. "Courses aren't provided free of \?k\ s Make sure you hav i OiU r- i i IUIII I IUUI Ul v^upbl dorm a place at the Call 777-8198 for Reservations I ?? INTRA' TENI Singles/ Doubles ALSO?ADC A separate tournament for beginners only Deadline for bow tournamer Wed., Sept. 1! Sign up in Room Blatt P. E. Cer ation charge," Mcintosh said. Dealing with handicapped children is nothing new to the college, Minifle said, but now the 1- 1- I iirm scuue ui uHtuiu^ is uruauer. ine early mental retardation program in the '60b sent out good students; it's just that there weren't enough. The field in this area of teaching is wide open." "We saw this law coming so we (the college) started setting up courses to fit our needs a couple of years ago," Minifie said. "Now we have the only complete program of its kind in the state." 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