children with disabilities

US Department of Education Outlines 15 Principles Regarding...

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Today, the US Department of Education published the Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document to "help ensure that schools are...

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In Fulton County School District, 112 LRP 1885 (SEA GA 02/01/12) an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)ruled that a Georgia school...

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A state hearing officer ruled in Corpus Christi Independent School District, 57 IDELR 297 (Tex. SEA 2011) that the school...

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As we know, special education services for children with disabilities are provided to meet the individual needs of the particular...

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In Seminole County (FL) School District, 58 IDELR 113 (OCR 2011), the parents of a 5th grade student with cerebral palsy and a...

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In Harrison (CO) School District Two, 57 IDELR 295 (OCR 2011), the Office for Civil Rights determined that implementing RTI...

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In Letter to Addressee 111 LRP 68370 (OSEP 2011), the Office of Special Education Programs has stated that school districts, as...

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In City of Chicago School District 299, 57 IDELR 29, (SEA Il 2011) an 8th Grade boy with specific learning disabilities...

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Last Friday December 16 2011, Senator Tom Harkin (D. Iowa) introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act . Similar...

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The Office for Civil Rights found that a Tennessee school district violated Section 504 when it placed 14 middle schoolers with...