by Dan DeMarle | Nov 25, 2024 | Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Special Education
Summary IDEA Part B requires that children with disabilities, ages three through 21, receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE). IDEA Part C requires States to make available early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their...
by Dan DeMarle | Jun 22, 2024 | Legislation, Legislative Advocacy
At the July 2023 Board of Regents meeting, the Board approved the permanent adoption of 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...
by Dan DeMarle | Jun 3, 2024 | Discipline/Suspensions, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, School Districts
“The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a challenge to corporal punishment in schools, stemming from the case of an 11-year-old Louisiana girl with nonverbal autism who alleges she was slapped on her hands on three occasions by school...
by Dan DeMarle | May 19, 2024 | ADA, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy
“The U.S. Supreme Court is punting on a case that advocates had warned could sharply limit the rights of people with disabilities to sue under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The high court decided this week to dismiss as moot the matter known as Acheson...
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/
