Special Education Policy

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Special Education Bill Would Pay to Train Teachers of Students With Autism
School districts would partner with universities or nonprofit organizations to create training programs for general education teachers who have a many high-functioning students with autism in their classes.
Nirvi Shah, April 30, 2012
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Special Education Feds Resolve Issues In Memphis Over Students With Health Problems
The Education Department's office for civil rights was investigating in part to see if there was a difference in whether and what services students were offered because of their race.
Nirvi Shah, April 23, 2012
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Education Funding S.C. Chief Asks Lawmakers for $36 Million More for Special Education
The federal government is expected to cut the money from South Carolina's share of federal special education dollars on Oct. 1, a penalty for past cuts the state made to its own budget for working with students with disabilities.
Nirvi Shah, April 18, 2012
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Special Education Feds Back Off Easing Penalties for Districts That Cut Special Ed. Funding
The U.S. Department of Education took back an offer it made to school districts last summer, an offer that would have allowed districts to cut special education spending and suffer fewer penalties than in the past.
Nirvi Shah, April 4, 2012
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Special Education Feds Pledge to Focus More on Quality of Special Education
The U.S. Department of Education said it is revamping the way it rates states to better address the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their peers.
Nirvi Shah, March 2, 2012
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Special Education House ESEA Bills Would Damage Some Students' Access to Diplomas
Some provisions in the bills about testing students with severe cognitive disabilities affect these students' access to diplomas—and that hurts their access to jobs, advocates say.
Nirvi Shah, February 27, 2012
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Special Education Special Ed. Parents Air Concerns with White House, Ed. Dept.
Advocates and teachers joined parents and Obama administration officials at a White House meeting to discuss policies for students with disabilities
Lesli A. Maxwell, February 23, 2012
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Special Education Waiver-Winning States Revamped Plans for Students With Disabilities
Nearly every state had to tweak its No Child Left Behind waiver plan to better demonstrate how the needs of students with disabilities and English learners would be addressed.
Nirvi Shah, February 9, 2012
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Student Well-Being & Movement Expert: Feds Gave More Questions Than Answers on Disability Law
The federal Education Department's office for civil rights recently tried to clarify how school districts should uphold amendments to federal disability law. But one expert says the guidance is significant for what it doesn't say, not really what it does say.
Nirvi Shah, February 8, 2012
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Special Education Testing? No, No Testing, No Matter What
Anthony Herrera could become ill if he takes high-stakes tests, his mother said, and he was discriminated against because he wouldn't take them. An investigation found he wasn't the victim of discrimination, but Anthony won't take the tests this year, anyway.
Nirvi Shah, February 6, 2012
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Special Education Schools Must Do More to Involve Parents, Students in IEP Process
Parents and students with disabilities aren't as involved in the process of mapping out their goals with schools as much they should be, and schools could do more to make the process more welcoming.
Nirvi Shah, January 31, 2012
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School & District Management Districts Must Expand Definition, Services to Students With Disabilities
A new letter from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights expands the definition of students for whom school districts' may have to provide special education services and accommodations, including some who in the past may have been found not to need those services.
Nirvi Shah, January 19, 2012
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Special Education 'The Single Most Important Issue Facing Special Education Today'?
Some special education advocates want the U.S. Department of Education to rescind their interpretation of federal special education spending rules.
Nirvi Shah, January 9, 2012
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Special Education In RTI Era, is Federal Special Education Law Out of Date?
There are still lots of questions about how response-to-intervention is used, and whether it's being used correctly, considering that federal rules about identifying students with disabilities haven't changed.
Nirvi Shah, December 27, 2011
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