APA Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesYell, M. L., Collins, J. C., Losinski, M., & Couvillon, M. A. (2021). Special education law: Programming and placement. In L. M. Glidden, L. Abbeduto, L. L. McIntyre, & M. J. Tassé (Eds.), APA handbook of intellectual and developmental disabilities: Clinical and educational implications: Prevention, intervention, and treatment (pp. 75–102). American Psychological Association.
Read chapter 4 pages 75-102, it provides an overview and historical perspective of the laws that have influenced special education since 1973 including the legal requirements for schools and the two areas that are most often litigated.