Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Victim
Date Enacted:
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Short Title:
"Rosa's Law"
Classification:
20 USC 1400 (note)
PL:
111-256
Statute At Large:
124 Stat 2643
Named For?:
Rosa Marcellino, an 8-year-old girl with intellectual disabilities, whose parents and older siblings had become advocates for eliminating the use of the phrase "mentally retarded" in public policy and laws because of the stigma and discrimination it invites.
Link/Source:
CR S11433, Nov. 17, 2009, Statement of Sen. Barbara Mikulski (sponsor).
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title