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Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
About 13 percent of children aged 3 through 21 enrolled in public schools received special education services in school year 2015-16, and about 3 percent of children from birth through age 2 received special education services. Concerns about the difficulties identifying and evaluating children for special education have been raised by the media,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Disability Identification
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1993
This document consolidates, clarifies, and updates federal regulations on Head Start services for children with disabilities. The regulations are designed to complement the Head Start Program Performance Standards governing services to all enrolled children. Specifically, these regulations require Head Start programs to: (1) design comprehensive…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Disadvantaged Youth
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Altschuld, J. W.; Downhower, S. G. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act mandates a free and appropriate education for all handicapped children between the ages of 3-18 (to be extended to 3-21 by 1981). The premises upon which the act was formulated as well as its provisions are described. (RL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Nebraska State Dept. of Education, Lincoln. Special Education Section. – 1996
This policy manual presents the state of Nebraska's regulations and standards for special education programs that are effective April 23, 1996. The regulations include a declaration of responsibility, provide the statutory authority, and address the following areas: (1) definitions of disabilities and other relevant terms; (2) responsibility for…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Due Process