Jeff Sessions Slammed A Law Protecting Schoolchildren With Disabilities

WASHINGTON ― Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), president-electDonald Trump’s pick for attorney general, once complained about a law that helped mainstream disabled children into public school systems. In May 2000, Sessions took to the senate floor to make a lengthy speech on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, arguing that federal protections for students with disabilities was a reason U.S. public schools were failing. “We have created a complex system of federal regulations and la...