The Law concerning Public Education of Gifted Students

Abstract

It is estimated that there are as many as 2.5-3.0 million school-age children in the nation who are gifted. 1 The number of such children participating in special public educational programs is approximately 1.2 million. 2 Definitions of giftedness and commitments to publicly funded special programs for gifted students vary widely. Reflecting our federal structure for education, some of the legal development have arisen on the national level but the primary scene of activity relating to the law of gifted education is at the state level. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the legal activity on the federal and state levels. This increasing activity has been largely neglected in legal books and periodicals to date.