Schools Update For August 2000 district policy for intradistrict transfers was followed. assistant for special education/emotionally disabled at Leslie M Jada C. Rentz, columbia, as a first http://www.kershaw.k12.sc.us/board/arch/su_aug00.htm
Extractions: Time: 7 p.m. The Board heard comments from parents of Lugoff-Elgin High School students concerning the employment of a new wrestling coach. The parents expressed concerns that a coach had not yet been hired for the 2000-01 year. They requested that a qualified wrestling instructor be considered for this position and that a coach of another sport not be given wrestling as "another responsibility." Dr. Tony Turkett, owner of a personal fitness and health consultant company, volunteered his assistance with the wrestling program at LEHS. Parents also expressed a need for increased funding for the sport and equitable funding for all sports. Jeanne Scronce, chairman of the Middle School Facilities Committee, presented a report from the committee. The committee is working with the architect of the new North Central Middle School and the construction management team to make suggestions about the design of the new school. Randy Langston with R.N. Rouse Company, construction managers, was present as well as architect Ashby Gressette. Copies of a draft design were given to the Board.
Special Education Week In New Jersey New Jerseys public schools and private schools for the disabled serve more columbia High School, South OrangeMaplewood School district (Essex County). http://www.njsba.org/press_releases/Innovations-may10-WEB.htm
Extractions: Special Education Week in New Jersey May 9-15, 2004 Paving the Road to Success FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Frank Belluscio ( fbelluscio@njsba.org Mike Yaple ( myaple@njsba.org New Jersey School Boards Association 10 Schools Honored for Innovative Special Education Programs TRENTON, May 11, 2004Ten New Jersey schools will be recognized for creative special education programming during the third annual Innovations in Special Education Program on Friday, May 14 in Princeton. The New Jersey School Boards Association and ASAH Serving the Private Special Education Community since 1974 sponsor the Innovations program in conjunction with Special Education Week in New Jersey, May 9-15. [Media coverage of the May 14 th event is encouraged. Call Frank Belluscio at (609) 278-5202 for further information.] The 10 selected programs include Art History, Columbia High School, South Orange-Maplewood School District Big Hands Helping Little Hands, Village School, Holmdel Coverp Operations, High Bridge Elementary School, High Bridge Cyber SummerTechnology Career Exploration, Jackson Township School District
Review Of Special Education Related Litigation: 2000 who represent prevailing parties in actions against the district of columbia s public schools. disabled students and their parents appealed a district court http://www.copaa.net/decisions/2000dec_1983.html
Extractions: Student brought an action under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C.S. §§ 12101-12213, and 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983, alleging that the school district had failed to provide behavioral programming, augmentative communication and tube-feeding as required by her IEP, and that she had been placed in a windowless closet and injured when she was restrained in a stroller without supervision. After the student left the district, she requested an administrative hearing, which request was denied for lack of jurisdiction.
JS Online: Numbers, Needs Strain Special Education Council on Disability, an independent federal agency that represents disabled people, claims that every state and the district of columbia are out of http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/may02/44311.asp?format=print
Hutchison Senate Floor Speeches year 1998, the district of columbia spent $14 The district allocated all this money saved to to improving special education programs for disabled and special http://hutchison.senate.gov/speec216.htm
Extractions: November 7, 2001 Page: S11515 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002 MRS. HUTCHISON . Mr. President, Senator Sessions and I are offering this amendment for one simple reason: We want to improve the quality of education for the District of Columbia. Our amendment will preserve an estimated $44 million for special education funding in the District. The amendment will continue a provision contained in the last three DC appropriations bills that cap the allowable fees an attorney may charge for a child's special education placement in the District of Columbia. We raise the cap in the present law from $125 an hour to $150 per hour, and a per-case limit from $2,500 to $3,000. Our amendment also continues a provision contained in last year's bill that allows the District of Columbia, acting through the mayor and school superintendent, to waive those caps if they believe it is in the best interest of the D.C. students to do so. I also point out that our amendment will prevent an estimated $32 million in retroactive attorney's fees from being awarded, as has been threatened by the D.C. Circuit Court. That court has ruled that should this fee cap be lifted, they will go back and actually undo the will of Congress by awarding all the billed attorney fees in excess of the caps during the last 3 years. Our amendment is supported by the school board and the superintendent of schools in the District. And the mayor has told me he also has supported this. They support it because it allows them to put the dollars in education for the children. They are trying to use the money for the education programs. In fact, they have put the money they have saved since the caps were put in place, that would have gone to attorney's fees, into the special needs programs, and they have increased the number of children who now can be taken into the programs.
Special Education - Teacher Issues special education services to be educated with their nondisabled peers to tqsource.org/prep/policy/), 46 states and the district of columbia currently have http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/49/02/4902.htm
Extractions: StateNotes Special Education 700 Broadway, Suite 1200 Denver, CO 80203-3460 Fax: 303.296.8332 www.ecs.org State Efforts Regarding Teacher Preparation, Certification, Recruitment and Retention October 2003 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA) took bold steps toward ensuring children with disabilities receive the free and appropriate public education to which they are entitled. One of the major issues addressed by the legislation is the quality of teachers for children with special needs. IDEA 97 requires students receiving special education services to be educated with their non-disabled peers to the maximum extent practicable. As a result, according to a 2001 report from the Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education, 75% of students receiving special education services spend 40% or more of their day in general education classrooms. Consequently, 96% of general education teachers currently teach, or have in the past taught, children with special needs. How have states responded to the challenge to prepare general education teachers to meet the needs of students with special needs? According to ECS Teacher Preparation Policy Database (http://www.tqsource.org/prep/policy/), 46 states and the District of Columbia currently have statutes or regulations requiring teacher education programs to provide some instruction on teaching children with special needs to individuals seeking initial training in elementary or secondary education. The amount and content of this instruction, however, varies dramatically.
ECS Issue Site Special EducationFinance (Selected Research 92 to the 200001 school year, 33 states and the district of columbia had funding cost 1.9 times what it cost to educate students with no special needs. http://www.ecs.org/html/IssueSection.asp?issueid=112&subissueid=57&s=Selected Re
Extractions: Read our story, "Grant Targets Experiment in Charter School Financing," Nov. 18, 1998. "D.C. Spending Debate Targets Choice, Special Education," Sept. 23, 1998. "Charter Schools Struggle With Accountability," June 10, 1998. For background, previous stories, and Web links, see our Issues Page on Charter Schools Our District of Columbia Page includes articles and statistics on education issues from the past year. By Kerry A. White Washington In a gleaming, art-adorned building in the heart of the nation's capital, 65 special-needs students learn the three R's through painting, sketching, and sculpture. Across the city, above a waterfront shopping mall, 60 9th graders absorb the political culture that defines their hometown, using its experts, institutions, and museums. And a few miles north, on an elaborate brick campus that was once a convent, 100 at-risk middle schoolers receive academic coaching and social services. With the number of charter schools at 19 and growing, the District of Columbia school system has suddenly found itself with one of the highest proportions of students in charter schools of any large system in the country. Some 3,600 of the district's 75,000 studentsnearly 5 percentare in charters this year. And with a charter law that allows 20 new schools into the system each year, the number of charter students could double in the coming school year. Given the charter school movement's potential for growth here, the question is not whether Washington's 146 traditional public schools will respond, but how.
Extractions: Bringing Special Education Students Into the Classroom By Joetta Sack The push for inclusion of the disabled leads to higher expectations. For much of the 20th century, the practice of educating disabled students in regular schools and classrooms was exceedingly rare, almost unheard of. Today, it's a common occurrenceand a sign of how far students with disabilities have come. Yet there's further to go, advocates for such students say. What is now called "special education" has made remarkable gains in the past 10 decades, but the next fightthe one for full educational equity for the disabledwill carry over into the 21st century. "The passage of [the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975] was about getting the doors open and acknowledging that kids were supposed to be in school," says Judith E. Heumann, the U.S. Department of Education's assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services. "Today, there's a whole higher level of expectations for the kids," she adds.
Special Education the dilemma of teaching a student who is gifted and learning disabled. list of eligibility criteria for each state, the district of columbia, Guam, and http://specialchildren.about.com/od/specialeducation/
Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Parenting Special Needs Special Education Home Essentials Make Your Own Baby Wipes FREE Parenting Newsletter ... 101 Family Activities zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Autism Behaviors Advocacy Development ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Subscribe to the About Parenting Special Needs newsletter. Search Parenting Special Needs Parenting Special Needs offers educational resources and information in regard to IEP's, IDEA, and 504. Strategies and advocacy for special education. Alphabetical Recent 10 Steps to Start the School Year The first few days of a new school year can set the tone for the next nine months. From Barb Day, our Guide to Special Education. About Babyparenting Lynn Johnson has written a superior article featuring the various specialized programs available for at-risk toddlers. From Babyparenting at About. About k-6 Educators An A+ Special Education site designed by Beth Lewis. From About. Around About Educational resources designed for kids. From Parenting Special Needs at About.
Special Education Landmark Decision Made in Abuse Case An eightyear-old disabled child was list of eligibility criteria for each state, the district of columbia, Guam, and http://specialchildren.about.com/od/specialeducation/index_a.htm
Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Parenting Special Needs Special Education Home Essentials Make Your Own Baby Wipes FREE Parenting Newsletter ... 101 Family Activities zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Autism Behaviors Advocacy Development ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Subscribe to the About Parenting Special Needs newsletter. Search Parenting Special Needs Parenting Special Needs offers educational resources and information in regard to IEP's, IDEA, and 504. Strategies and advocacy for special education. Sort By: Guide Picks Recent "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like September" Yes, it's true...when it comes to school shopping; I dance down the aisles feeling giddy. I'm the Mom who starts the back to school conga line, kicking up my heels and singing at the top of my lungs. Peace will be restored, until...IEP meetings begin, until the phone rings (the schools have both my numbers on speed dial), until the homework battles begin, until report cards arrive... "Kids Just Want to Have Fun" "Kids with physical differences, like all kids, just want to have fun." This message rings loud and clear in two new videos produced for Shriners Hospital by Mercury Productions, Inc.
Special Education Support Groups An Oregon Information and Referral Source for K12 disabled Children; 67 school districts in 21 US states plus the district of columbia through conferences http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/special_ed/support/
Extractions: Downloads ... Professional Development Enter your email address for FREE weekly teaching tips! Home Teacher Resources Special Education Support ... Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center - The CT Parent Advocacy Center, Inc. (CPAC) is a statewide nonprofit organization that offers information and support to families of children with any disability or chronic illness, age birth through 21. Disability Information for Students - International disability news, jobs, discussion, resources. A site designed for students and professionals supporting individuals with disabilities. Education A Must Inc. Educational Advocates - Educational advocates for education for the special needs child located in New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts. Educational Needs Alliances - (Albany, Oregon) Families Helping Families of Louisiana - Families Helping Families of Louisiana centers are a group of families who, through our own experiences, are committed to reaching out to other families who have members with special needs and self-advocates.
Welcom To The University Of The District Of Columbia special Education focuses on the education of disabled children from categorical teacher certification requirements for the district of columbia and other http://www.universityofdc.org/print.php?sid=3&aid=251
Teachers-Teachers.com : Schools : Partners Director, Educational Credentialing and Standards Branch district of columbia Public schools. to provide this specialized education for disabled individuals. http://www.teachers-teachers.com/schools_partners.cfm
Extractions: Partners "The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) is pleased to be a partner with Teachers-Teachers.com in the effort to place high-quality teachers in classrooms across the United States. This partnership will bring word to our 740 institutional member schools who graduate over 115,000 new teachers every year. Teachers-Teachers.com is an efficient and innovative approach to teacher recruitment and hiring." "Teachers-Teachers.com provides an invaluable service by linking highly qualified special educators to local and intermediate school districts. This is a critical service given the current shortage of special education teachers across the nation. Teachers-Teachers.com makes finding the right person for the right position fast, easy, and efficient. This partnership will connect the Council for Exceptional Children's 50,000 special education professionals to exciting career opportunities." "Teachers-Teachers.com revolutionizes the teacher recruitment and hiring process for school districts and teacher candidates. Teachers-Teachers.com is fast, efficient and easy to use. It allows hiring to be initiated instantaneously and helps school districts pinpoint candidates who would be ideal for their school system. For the Maryland State Department of Education, it is an opportunity to help our districts expand their applicant pool while decreasing the expense to do so."
Extractions: Viewpoint on Public Issues, The Mackinac Center , October 6, 1997 Forgotten children. Troubled youth. Learning disabled. Students with special needs. Whatever the euphemism, these are children who are often not well served in the conventional public school setting. At the same time, many people think that these students can not be served well by the private sector either, but nothing could be further from the truth. It is time to lay to rest the myth that private schools are elitist institutions that "skim the cream" and leave all the toughest kids to the public schools. The private sector, including private sectarian schools, religious schools, nonpublic agencies, and home schools, offers a wide variety of education programs for this difficult-to-educate population. When public schools or agencies cannot serve a particular student, they sometimes contract with a private sector group to do the job. The Directory for Exceptional Children lists roughly 3,000 special education schools and facilities in the private sector nationwide. Their costs of educating a student vary widely, depending in large part on the nature of the disability category served, and may also include the cost of medical care and transportation. Examples include Sobriety High in Edina, Minnesota, which educates 9th through 12th grade students in recovery from chemical dependency. The famed Boys Town, based in Nebraska, directly cares for more than 27,000 boys and girls annually in fourteen states and the District of Columbia. The Helicon Shelter Education Program, a division of Childrens Comprehensive Services, provides certified teachers, materials, curriculum, and academic recordkeeping on site at 27 emergency foster care shelters throughout Tennessee.
A Bad IDEA Sophisticated parents clamor to have their children labeled learningdisabled in order to glean special accomodations In the district of columbia, one-third http://www.connsensebulletin.com/badidea.html
Extractions: 'Perverse Incentives' in an Unfunded Mandate Just as before the 1997 Reauthorization of IDEA, a concerted attack is beginning on it. Note this commentary's recommendation that the " ' specific learning disabilities' category should be exised from the law" and the statement that "Evidence suggests that the IDEA does not produce academic gains." Education Week 'Perverse Incentives' in an Unfunded Mandate By Clint Bolick Education Week The IDEA has become systematically dysfunctional and damaging to public schools. A powerful toxin infects our nation's education system, imperiling the ability of every public school to fulfill its mission. It is not school vouchers or inadequate funding, but the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA. Tracing back to the 1975 legislation enacted to ensure equal educational opportunities for children with disabilities, the IDEA now covers 6.1 million schoolchildren at a cost of $41.5 billion annually, accounting for 40 percent of all new education funding over the past 30 years. Because only 12.5 percent of the money is provided by the federal government, the idea constitutes the largest unfunded federal mandate in American education. Far worse, it creates perverse incentives that have deepened stratification within public education to the detriment of minorities and the poor.
Columbia School District Data district Information. All schools in columbia County currently operate on the traditional school year calendar. Specific Learning disabled, 425, 118, 12, 3, 2, 9, 569. http://www.firn.edu/doe/eias/flmove/columbia.htm
Extractions: locationVar = "arm"; document.write(photoLink) Tuesday, June 8, 2004 Site Index ACT Adding a Subject Administrative Services Adult Education African Amer. Task Force Agriscience Education Apprenticeship Assessment Reqs. Assistance Plus Blind Services Blind Services Comm. Board of Governors Bright Futures Sch. Budget Information Business Technology Ed. Calendar District (pdf) Career Development CEPRI Chief Ed Finan. Off. Class Size College Bd FL Part. Colleges Comm. Coll. Chancellor Commissioner's Bio. Communications Contact Information Continuing Workforce Ed. Course Code Directory Course Descriptions Curric Frmwork Adult Curric Planning Tool Curriculum Support DCU Phone List Directories Distance Learning Diversified Ed. DOE Org. Chart DOE Phone List Ed. Data Warehouse Education Practices Commi Education Standards Comm Educational Facilities Educational Technology Emergency Plans Sch Employment English as 2nd Lang- ESOL Environmental Ed. Excellent Teach Prog FACTS.ORG FCAT Briefing Book (pdf) FCAT Explorer FCAT Myth vs. Fact (pdf) FCAT Results, All FCAT Scores FETPIP Financial Aid FL Ed Leadership Ex FL Ed. Foundation
Support Services | Professional Support needs children that are part of the district. education and development of the disabled and gifted internet resource for parents of special needs children, as http://www.edgateteam.net/sped_gifted/support03admin.htm
Extractions: Support Staff: Administrator Welcome Special Education Administrators! Special Education administrator positions and responsibilities vary from district to district. In general, Special Education administrators maintain the accounting for federal, local and district special education funding and develop and implement programs which provide staffing and support for all Special Needs children that are part of the district. National Associations State Directors of Special Education: Alabama Louisiana Ohio Alaska ... Kentucky Other Special Education Administrator Links:
National Center For Learning Disabilities entirely unqualified to enter a fouryear college, compared to 37% of non-disabled graduates. Only 35 states and the district of columbia require schools or http://www.ld.org/advocacy/need_nclb.cfm
Extractions: Download this document in PDF. (3 pgs, 145 KB) Why Students with Learning Disabilities Need No Child Left Behind Despite having their disabilities identified earlier (from 7.3 years of age in 1987 to 6.5 years of age in 2001) two-thirds of secondary students with learning disabilities are reading 3 or more grade levels behind. Twenty percent are reading 5 or more grade levels behind.
