Jenkins ex rel. Jenkins v. Florida

LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is the second appeal in a case that was brought under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. (the Act). Our consideration of the single issue presented by the defendants in this appeal is controlled by res judicata principles, which require that we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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The plaintiffs in this class action, suing by their parents, are developmentally disabled children between the ages of 5 and 17 who are entitled under the Act to a free appropriate public education through the secondary level that…