Which should not be a requirement.
Absolute nonsense.
Agreed, but there it is. One of the Federal requirements imposed on local education. There is one handicap—”Oppositional Defiance Disorder” (ODD and I’m not making that up) that the lad in question likely “suffers” from. His parents may be able to collect Social Security benefits as well. When you think child with a handicap, you might think of a kid with cerebral palsy, but that is not who the majority of “handicapped” kids are.