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Direct linkBateman, David; Cline, Jenifer – Council for Exceptional Children, 2021
School board members encounter a range of challenging issues as they provide oversight and strategic guidance for the school districts they represent. Some of the most daunting challenges can involve the education of students with disabilities. All children eligible for special education must be provided with a free and appropriate public…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Court Litigation
McDonnell, Lorraine M.; Weatherford, M. Stephen – Harvard Education Press, 2020
In "Evidence, Politics, and Education Policy," political scientists Lorraine M. McDonnell and M. Stephen Weatherford provide an original analysis of evidence use in education policymaking to help scholars and advocates shape policy more effectively. The book shows how multiple types of evidence are combined as elected officials and their…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Politics of Education, Policy Formation, Public Officials
Breiger, David; Bishop, Kristen; Benjamin, G. Andrew H. – APA Books, 2014
Over 6.5 million children receive special education services each year in the U.S. As this number continues to rise, child and school psychologists are increasingly called upon to evaluate children and to recommend accommodations to meet the child's educational needs. But the process of evaluating children can be challenging, as it is often…
Descriptors: Special Education, Psychological Evaluation, Special Needs Students, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Gordon, David T., Ed.; Gravel, Jenna W., Ed.; Schifter, Laura A., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) stands at the forefront of contemporary efforts to create access to education curricula for all students, including those with disabilities. This policy reader comprises a notably wide range of articles that address the challenges and opportunities facing policy makers as they consider UDL's implications for…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Learning Theories, Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
LeRoy, Lauren, Ed.; Lee, Philip R., Ed. – 1977
Public hearing records and committee reports compiled during 1975 and 1976 by the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment and Senate Subcommittee on Health provide a wealth of information and analysis on major issues in the training and distribution of health professionals. This book summarizes the material in those documents to provide…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Hearings
Download full textArizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. Exceptional Student Services. – 1998
Designed for special education due process hearing officers in Arizona, this manual is intended to provide a reference system for accessing and understanding state and federal laws, regulations, case-law, and policy with respect to the education of students with disabilities. Sections of the manual include: (1) a glossary of terms and a chart that…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Due Process
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
The complete texts of testimony and statements from the February and March, 1978, Hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty, and Migratory Labor regarding the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Amendments of 1978 are presented in this document. (Hearing sites included Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan, Madison,…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Mayo, Kathleen, Ed.; O'Donnell, Ruth, Ed. – 1994
The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) formed an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Assembly in 1992, and one of its first projects was to prepare this publication by collecting samples of library-produced ADA-related documents. Its aim is to help libraries increase levels of compliance and public awareness. The…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Hearings
Bittle, Edgar H. – 1981
Chapter 18 of a book on school law summarizes court decisions that have established the responsibility of school officials, when taking disciplinary action, to conduct hearings to protect employees' and students' due process rights. The courts have used a balancing test to determine whether a trial procedure or a more informal procedure can be…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Discipline Policy
Maestas, John R., Ed. – 1976
A compilation of 58 representative speeches from the American Indian Community, this book is divided into 2 parts; Part I deals with issues of contemporary concern and Part II illustrates speech types and styles. All speeches are classified by issue as follows: sovereignty (2 speeches, 1 on the rise and fall of Indian sovereignty); trust…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Agency Role, American Indians, Books
Anderson, Winifred; And Others – 1997
Designed to assist parents and teachers in understanding the complex procedures of special education, this book describes the process for obtaining school services for children with disabilities. An introduction reviews six major provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that relate to children's rights to a free,…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Career Planning, Civil Rights, Disabilities
McGhehey, M. A., Ed. – 1981
This volume is a collection of 21 papers concerning law and education presented by speakers of widely divergent points of view at the annual convention of the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education (NOLPE). The opinions expressed in the papers are solely those of the authors and do not represent any policy determination of NOLPE. The…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Copyrights
Anderson, Winifred; Chitwood, Stephen; Hayden, Deidre – 1999
Designed to assist Spanish-speaking parents and teachers in understanding special education procedures, this book describes the process for obtaining school services for children with disabilities. An introduction reviews six major provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that relate to children's rights to a free,…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Career Planning, Civil Rights, Disabilities
