children with disabilities

FERPA Amended to Let Schools Release Student Records to...

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On New Year's Day the House of Representatives passed the Uninterrupted Scholars Act , S. 3472 that amends the Family Educational...

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On New Year’s Day the House of Representatives passed the Uninterrupted Scholars Act , S.

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Melody Musgrove, the Director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) provided guidance regarding a school district's...

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A Massachusetts School District violated a student’s 504 Plan by not providing training for staff on how to use an FM sound...

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On the 39th Anniversary of the passage of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the...

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In Cabarrus County (NC) Schs., 59 IDELR 113 (OCR XI, D.C. (NC) 2012), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that a North...

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On September 28, the United States Department of Education released a free training toolkit for classroom teachers to use to...

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On September 12, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it and the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania have...

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I frequently hear from parents that they have been told by school staff that their child could not be evaluated for special...

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A school district must develop an IEP for a student with a disability even though the instruction the student needs is part of...