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Download full textMassachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2014
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This year reports the context of a major change in the way state systems of special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Alignment (Education), Federal Government
Behrmann, June – Executive Educator, 1993
Movement for full inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classrooms asks educators to take landmark 1975 Education of the Handicapped (recently reauthorized as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) a step farther. All five of the 1993-94 inclusion-related legal cases favored general education environments--even for severely…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
The Reagan Administration's education voucher proposal was the subject of these hearings on H.R. 2397, a Bill To Improve the Educational Achievement of Educationally Deprived Children by Expanding Opportunities for Their Parents To Choose Schools That Best Meet Their Needs, To Foster Diversity and Competition among School Programs For…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Vouchers, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
US House of Representatives, 2017
This document records testimony from a hearing held to help students succeed through the power of school choice. Across the country, efforts are underway to empower parents with more options when it comes to their children's education. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Jared Polis, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood,…
Descriptors: School Choice, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Charter Schools
US Senate, 2015
This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines creating positive learning environments for all students beyond seclusion and restraint. Following an opening statement by Honorable Tom Harkin (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and Honorable Johnny Isakson (U.S. Senator from the State of…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Access to Education, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2016
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since the year 2000. This report is issued in the context of a change in focus for the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the federal agency which oversees the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) implementation in each state. OSEP's new accountability…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Alignment (Education), Federal Government
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2014
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"). The Department is required to submit an annual report on compliance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Compliance (Legal), Academic Achievement
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2013
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"). The Department is required to submit an annual report on compliance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Compliance (Legal), Academic Achievement
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2012
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"). The Department is required to submit an annual report on compliance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Compliance (Legal), Academic Achievement
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2011
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c.71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"). The Department is required to submit an annual report on compliance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Compliance (Legal), Academic Achievement
