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Judy B. Engelhard, CAN Coordinator for the Division for Learning Disabilities, provides brief reports for TeachingLD.org so that visitors can keep informed about important developments in policies affecting students with learning disabilities and their teachers. TeachingLD.org is pleased to offer this page as a place for people concerned with learning disabilities to keep up to date.
14 August 2006
IDEA 2004 FINAL REGULATIONS PUBLISHED
On August 3, 2006 the U.S. Department of Education released the final Part B regulations to implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA). An official copy of the final Part B regulations of IDEA is a 307 page pdf file published in the Federal Register of August 14, 2006. Link to the html version at http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html.
IDEA 2004 RESOURCES
To read the IDEA 2004 regulations, review the history of the development of these final regulations, and to access IDEA resources, go to http://www.ed.gov/idea
SECTIONS OF IDEA 2004 FINAL REGULATIONS: SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES (SLD)
Of particular interest for specific learning disabilities are sections of the final regulations that include the definition and evaluation procedures found in Subpart A Sections 300.8, 300.15, 300.18, and Subpart D - Sections 300.301, 300.304, and 300.307-300.311.
CEC TO CONDUCT IDEA WORKSHOPS
Beginning this fall, CEC will conduct IDEA workshops and Web seminars on specific IDEA topics. Dates and specific locations will be announced soon.
Regional workshops are scheduled for
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FACT SHEET ON IDEA 2004
The U.S. Department of Education has prepared a fact sheet on the IDEA regulations that includes an emphasis on the relationship of IDEA to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act at http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/speced/ideafactsheet.html.
REPORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IDEA
A series of reports on the Study of State and Local Implementation and Impact of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is available at http://www.abt.sliidea.org/reports.htm
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FOCUS OF COMMISSION HEARING
The Commission on No Child Left Behind led by former Governor and Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson and former Governor Ray Barnes, has conducted hearings throughout the summer. These hearings are designed to assist in the formulation of policy recommendations to Congress in preparation for the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. The August 7, 2006 hearing addressed the impact of NCLB on children with disabilities. Information on this hearing and others of the commission are available at www.nclbcommission.org.
GIVE INPUT ON REAUTHORIZATION OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB)
As Congress prepares to reauthorize and/or rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act currently known as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), DLD will be working with the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) to develop recommendations for Congressional offices on how to improve the law. Please let me know if you have specific recommendations regarding NCLB that you wish DLD to consider; also, if you have examples of the positive or negative impact of NCLB on students with learning disabilities, I would like to know that as well so DLD will be prepared to represent you. Email me at can@teachingLD.org and put "NCLB comments" in the subject line.
RECEIVE POLICY UPDATES FROM CEC
If you wish to receive weekly updates on public policy issues from CEC, please email me at can@teachingLD.org and put "policy updates" in the subject line.
Judy B. Engelhard
CAN Coordinator, DLD
