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Etscheidt, Susan – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2006
Providing appropriate programs for young children with disabilities is a priority of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (IDEA), recently reauthorized as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004. The IDEIA requires that programs be provided in natural or least restrictive environments, and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Young Children, Placement, Individualized Instruction
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
Recent reports have documented how some parents choose to place their children in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems in order to obtain the mental health services that their children need. Senators Susan Collins and Joseph Lieberman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to testify on:…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health
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Mahitivanichcha, Kanya; Parrish, Thomas – Journal of Education Finance, 2005
This article explores possible fiscal incentives associated with various state formulas for allocating special education funds and the degree to which such incentives affect special education. First we review empirical and contextual evidence in the literature that addresses the relationship between funding formulas and special education…
Descriptors: Identification, Placement, Funding Formulas, Special Education
Lakin, K. Charlie; Anderson, Lynda; Prouty, Robert – Policy Research Brief, 1998
This policy research brief summarizes changes in out-of-home placements of children and youth with mental retardation since the implementation of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) entitlements. Statistics are reported for 1977, 1987, and 1997 to show trends. Statistics were obtained from…
Descriptors: Children, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Developmental Disabilities
Council of the Great City Schools, 2003
The Council of the Great City Schools prepared this report to summarize findings and recommendations that the organization's Strategic Support Teams made during visits to the Richmond Public Schools in the Fall 2003. These teams were requested by the Richmond schools' superintendent and funded by the U.S. Department of Education to review school…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Poverty