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Direct linkAlquraini, Turki Abdullah – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2013
The lack of clear language in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which is the federal law that governs the provision of special education and related services to children with disabilities in the USA, has led to inconsistencies in school districts' decisions regarding the least restrictive environment (LRE). This uncertainty…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Mainstreaming
Download full textNagano, Mayumi; Weinberg, Lois A. – International Journal of Special Education, 2012
Japan faces an educational challenge even after the start of a new special education system (Tokubetsushienkyouiku). This article addresses the legal framework of the special education system in Japan and analyzes the issues needed to be addressed to reinforce the inclusion of children with disabilities in public regular school settings. The…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Special Education, Foreign Countries
Rhim, Lauren Morando; Ahearn, Eileen M.; Giovannetti, Elizabeth A.; Lange, Cheryl M.; Warren, Sandra Hopfengardner – National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2008
The purpose of this document is to provide charter school authorizers with targeted technical assistance related to special education in charter schools. Charter school laws are unique to each state, and they provide a wide range of policies and practices for the hundred of authorizers chartering schools nationally. As a result, providing…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Stakeholders, Special Education, Technical Assistance
Peer reviewedBroadhead, Geoffrey D. – Journal of Special Education, 1979
The paper discusses the lack of governmental guidance in providing for the rights of handicapped children in Scotland. (PHR)
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Essays, Foreign Countries
Ordover, Eileen – 1992
The legal aspects of four issues concerned with obtaining educational services for children (ages 3 through 5) with disabilities are outlined and analyzed in this paper. Each issue is discussed in terms of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and/or the Americans with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Early Intervention
Thomason, Jo – 1994
This discussion addresses the legal issues in special education currently of critical concern to school administrators. It reviews outcomes of recent court cases, Department of Education policies, and legislative requirements concerning the following issues: (1) inclusion (a two-pronged test of compliance with mainstreaming requirements of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Council of Graduate Students in Education. – 1978
Graduate students and faculty from within and outside of the University of Pittsburgh community were among the presenters at this colloquium on educational change and challenge. The papers include: Academic Freedom, Anti-Communism, and the McCarthy Era (Steve Aby); The Finnish Contribution to the American Workers' Education Movement (Richard J.…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Aesthetic Education, Basic Skills, College Faculty
Warren, Sandra Hopfengardner; Ahearn, Eileen M.; Giovannetti, Elizabeth A.; Lange, Cheryl M.; Rhim, Lauren Morando – National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2004
The purpose of this document is to provide operators with implementation and operational technical assistance related to special education in charter schools. Special education is a very complicated component of public education and providing operators with technical assistance regarding special education is particularly challenging. This primer…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Charter Schools, Special Education, Technical Assistance
