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Download full textBoylan, Ellen; Goldman, Dan – Education Law Center, 2010
States and local school districts are required by federal law to educate preschool age children with disabilities in typical early childhood programs alongside children who do not have disabilities to the maximum extent appropriate. This policy brief provides an overview of the law and sets forth a list of policy recommendations that can help…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Public Education
Peer reviewedDempsey, Samuel; Fuchs, Douglas – Exceptional Children, 1993
Tennessee data were analyzed for four years before and five years after the funding formula for special education was changed from a "flat" rate to a "weighted" formula. The weighted formula was associated with a statistically significant decrease in less restrictive placements and a reliable increase in more restrictive…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Innovation and Development. – 1987
The executive summary of the ninth annual report to Congress examines progress made in implementing the requirements mandated by P.L. 94-142, the Education of the Handicapped Act, as amended by P.L. 98-199 with a specific focus on activities during the school year 1985-86. Data are presented regarding the four major purposes of the Act: (1) to…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1966
GUIDELINES COVER THE PLANNING AND OPERATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. PROCEDURES ARE STATED FOR DEVELOPING SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH HEARING, VISUAL, OR PHYSICAL HANDICAPS AND THE HOMEBOUND OR HOSPITALIZED. ACCOMMODATING THE CRIPPLED IN REGULAR BUILDINGS, PROVIDING PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SPEECH THERAPY, AND ARRANGING…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Boarding Homes, Children
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1980
This loose-leaf format handbook is designed to aid vocational teachers, vocational administrators, and others who have responsibility in conducting or administering services to the handicapped and disadvantaged in Alabama under Public Laws 94-142 and 94-482. The information contained in the handbook is compiled from answers to questions on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Definitions, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. – 1990
This state plan for the delivery of special education services to exceptional children in Kansas begins with submission statements and certification documents. The plan then presents policy information concerning the following areas: full educational opportunities goal; free, appropriate public education; screening and evaluation; individualized…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Advisory Committees, Child Advocacy, Confidentiality
