In 1997, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) expanded special education services by mandating that all children with disabilitiesâregardless of the type or severity of their disabilityâbetween the ages of three and 21 years are entitled to FAPE in the least restrictive environment.
Civitas is an abstract formed from civis. Nicolet traces the first word and concept for the citizen at Rome to the first known instance resulting from the synoecism of Romans and Sabines presented in the legends of the Roman Kingdom.
Civitas. In the history of Rome, the Latin term civitas, according to Cicero in the time of the late Roman Republic, was the social body of the cives, or citizens, united by law. It is the law that binds them together, giving them responsibilities on the one hand and rights of citizenship on the other.