Taylor ex rel. Taylor v. Honig

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

INTRODUCTION

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (“EHA”), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq. (1988), has spawned a great deal of significant litigation around the country concerning its applicability to children who are so severely handicapped that they can only receive adequate educational and medical care in residential placement outside the home.1 This appeal is part of *628that litigation. Here the district court entered a preliminary injunction ordering a severely emotionally disturbed child to be placed in San Marcos Treatment Center, a residential facility…