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Testimony of Marilyn Rauth, Director, Educational Issues Department, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, to the Subcommittee on Select Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, on the Secretary's Task Force Report on Equal Educational Opportunity for Handicapped Children.
Rauth, Marilyn – 1980
The efforts of federal agencies (in particular, the Office of Special Education and the Office of Civil Rights) to monitor, enforce, and assist local agencies do not go far enough or look deeply enough to fully address the problems in assuring equal educational opportunities for handicapped children. Schools and state and local governments do not…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Equal Education
"To Assure the Free Appropriate Public Education of All Handicapped Children." Second Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of Public Law 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act.
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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
The document is the third in a series of reports on progress in implementing P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Six chapters each address a particular question regarding implementation. Chapter 1 investigates the numbers and types of handicapped children being provided special education and related services, and examines…
Descriptors: Administration, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
The Preparation of Education Professionals for Educating Exceptional Students: A Resource for Responding to the NCATE Special Education Standards.
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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1982
This publication was developed by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) to be used as a guide by teacher education institutions as they examine their programs in the light of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standard that relates to the education of exceptional students. In section 1,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria, Exceptional Persons
Special Programs: A Manual of Policies, Procedures and Guidelines.
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Div. of Public Instruction. – 1981
The manual of policies and procedures covers special programs of the Ministry of Education in British Columbia. Noted in the introduction are ministry policies including mainstreaming, the use of the cascade model of service delivery, and the principles of least restrictive environment in student placement. Individual sections focus on the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Philosophy
A State Plan for Increasing the Representation of Students with Disabilities in Public Higher Education. A Response to Assembly Concurrent Resolution 201.
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California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1978
In 1976 the California state legislature adopted Assembly Concurrent Resolution 201, which called for the preparation of a plan to address and overcome, by 1980, the underrepresentation of handicapped students in public higher education institutions in the state. The plan presented here is the result of consultation between the state postsecondary…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Administration, College Students, Community Colleges
Monitoring Manual for Determining Compliance with Public Law 94-142. Revised July 1987.
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Programs for the Handicapped. – 1987
This manual assists South Carolina service providers in their efforts to comply with components of Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act, in order to assure that handicapped children receive an appropriate education. The manual is designed as an evaluation tool for school districts to record areas of compliance and to…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board of Education Policy, Compliance (Legal), Confidentiality
State Plan for Special Education: Fiscal Years 1991-1993.
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. – 1990
This state plan for the delivery of special education services to exceptional children in Kansas begins with submission statements and certification documents. The plan then presents policy information concerning the following areas: full educational opportunities goal; free, appropriate public education; screening and evaluation; individualized…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Advisory Committees, Child Advocacy, Confidentiality
Compendium. The Illinois Network of Exemplary Occupational Programs for Handicapped and Disadvantaged Students.
Batsche, Catherine, Ed. – 1979
This Compendium is a manual of information related to the vocational education of handicapped and disadvantaged students. Section 1, Article Series, reprints fourteen articles published in professional journals. Topics include vocational education's role in career education for handicapped students, personnel development, cooperation of special…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Career Counseling, Career Education, Classroom Techniques