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Universal Access

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Universal access is the principle that all people can equally participate in an education system, regardless of class, race, ethnicity, sex, background, or disability.

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A 1972 U.S. federal court ruling barred excluding children with disabilities from public education on cost grounds, extending access to a previously excluded group.

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Universal access is a stated principle; actual access is not distributed equally in practice.