by Dan DeMarle | May 18, 2024 | Behavior Management, Classroom, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Teaching
At the July 2023 Board of Regents meeting, the Board approved for permanent adoption the amendment of sections 19.5 of the Rules of the Board of Regents and Sections 100.2, 200.1, 200.7, 200.15, and 200.22 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education With the...
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 9, 2024 | Legislation, Legislative Advocacy
The Census Bureau halts proposed changes to the American Community Survey that would have drastically undercounted disabled people. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/06/census-bureau-disabilities-questions/72499301007/
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 7, 2024 | Legislation, Section 504
The U.S. Department of Education missed the expected August release of the much anticipated regulations — the first major update for the law since 1977. Published Sept. 18, 2023 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education is still drafting proposed...
by Dan DeMarle | Nov 29, 2023 | Accessibility, Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Disability, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy
New Disabled South launches a plain language dashboard to clarify the complicated text of proposed legislation. A New Tool Helps Disabled People Track—and Shape—Laws That Impact...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 3, 2023 | Disability, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Uncategorized
Disability advocates are hailing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a case that they feared could lead to severe restrictions on the rights of people who rely on Medicaid and other government programs. The high court issued an opinion late last week in a case known as...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 1, 2023 | Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Special Education, Uncategorized
The New York State Education Department’s Office of Counsel today released the attached opinion interpreting the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ Decision in A.R. v. Connecticut Board of Education concerning the responsibility of public schools to provide special...
