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Successful advocacy on behalf of an exceptional child requires awareness of the child's specific disability as well as that individual child's strengths and weaknesses, which may be evidenced by, among other criteria, test results and scores, recommendations made by physicians, psychologists and educators,3 and the politics and resultant dynamics of special education, particularly at the local level.4 Familiarity with the IDEA is also critical to meaningful advocacy.5 The PELE students study the law governing special education and explore it through application in their individual cases. LAW AND EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY To assist our advocacy efforts on behalf of our exceptional child clients and to facilitate the PELE students' understanding of these unfamiliar fields of study...
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BACKGROUND ON NCLB AND HIGH-STAKES TESTING A. NCLB NCLB is the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.3 President George W. Bush signed NCLB into law in January 2002 .4 NCLB applies to any school that receives Title I funds, which are federal funds provided to schools with a high percentage of students from low income backgrounds.5 Title I funds are intended to supplement state educational funding and spending.6 Under NCLB, the states design the curriculum and the assessment, and the federal government holds the states accountable for how students perform on the assessments.7 Under NCLB , states have to report test results publicly via an annual report card.8 Test results are disaggregated by state, district, and school, into subgroups by gender, race, ethnicity, ...
... the Note with specific examples of cases that have used equity-oriented approaches that may..., English proficiency, migrant status, special education, and low socioeconomic status.9 By the 2...
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... That same month, the Governor calledfor a special election on, inter alia, two ballot propositions o..., direct mail, voter registration, voter education, and get out the vote activities in our work sites...Street, 367 U. S.740, 760 (1961).Our prior cases have recognized that such arrangementsrepresent a...
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Alternatively, some children in foster care do have an involved parent, but the parent may be excluded illegally from participating in the special education evaluation and placement process because the school district wrongly permits the foster parent or caseworker to serve as the child's educational decision-maker instead. [...] children lacking a responsible adult willing to advocate for their educational needs are further disadvantaged because the local education agency and/or the court often fails to exercise its legal authority to appoint a surrogate parent to protect the child's interests.
...Many children involved in child protection cases do not have a stable, knowledgeable parent who is ...
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A bill passed during last weeks special legislative session addresses a longstanding controversy over accountability for money gleaned from civil lawsuits filed by the Attorney Generals Office. However, the measure would let recently elected Attorney General Patrick Morrisey retain a balance of roughly $12 million in the Consumer Protection Fund, where the settlement money has been held. It currently stands at about $20 million. The bill would let him use another $1.86 million for office management upgrades he says are badly needed. For years, lawmakers and political challengers sparred with former Attorney General Darrell McGraw over his use of money derived from settlements. Opponents said the Legislature should decide how the money is spent. McGraw would counter that settlement agree...
... would allow attorneys to better track cases, collaborate on research and increase protection o...
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[...] the Article emphasizes the importance of clear communication about the role of each person and ultimate loyalty to the identified client, but also advocates for the involvement and empowerment of both parent and child in the representation, wherever possible. Under the IDEA, school districts have an affirmative obligation to identify, locate, and evaluate any students who are suspected of having a disability to determine if they qualify as eligible for special education services under the IDEA.8 A parent or a teacher can refer a child for special education evaluations.9 Parental consent is then required before an educational agency can evaluate a child.10 After the evaluation is completed, a team of individuals, including the parent, convenes to determine whether the student has ...
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According to regulatory policy theory, [m]andating disclosure can be both less expensive and more efficient than command-and-control mechanisms, by giving people the information they need to make decisions rather than by requiring particular means or ends.
... and Washington D.C., tuition reimbursement cases account for millions of dollars in special educati...
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...Due to their lack of appropriate educational qualifications and lack of capital, immigrants ten..., knowledge of products and, in some cases, cheaper production costs in their home countries ... theory, this study has emphasized the special case of immigrant entrepreneurs and the unique con...
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... Court sanctioned affirmative action in education, so long as it assumed a particular form. Justice ... neighborhoods; allocating resources for special programs; recruiting students and faculty in a tar...
