Administrative Advocacy — Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
CLE is pleased to support the extensive comments prepared by Candace Cortiella, Director of the Advocacy Institute, in response to OSER’s Rethinking Special Education Framework that reflect a thoughtful and careful review of the three...
CLE comments in response to the NPRM in regards to the local maintenance of effort under IDEA. Read the Comments...
Continuing an ongoing dialogue on ensuring all students have an equality opportunity to meaningfully access curriculums, CLE provided comments on a draft version of Special Access Accommodations criteria for the PARCC assessment. The current criteria...
In its response to Kathleen Boundy and CLE, OCEP and OSERS rescind the position expressed by OSEP’s “informal guidance”, acknowledging CLE’s interpretation; “the level of effort that an LEA must meet in the year after it fails to maintain effort is...
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CLE Urges Department of Education to Correct Misinterpretation Allowing Districts to Reduce Maintenance of Effort under IDEA (August 11th, 2009, PDF) With “Legal Bases for Challenging Local Maintenance of Effort Reduction under IDEA” (August 11th...
A brief description of changes resulting from USED’s final regulations on selective issues pertaining to revocation of consent for special education, non-attorney parent representation at due process hearings, state monitoring and enforcement. Read...
A series of questions and discussion points for parents and advocates to consider. Read the Solicitation...
Comments responding to USED’s proposed regulations authorizing the right of parents to revoke unilaterally consent to their child’s receipt of special education services and continuing obligations of the LEA and proposed modifications allowing lay...
An extensive set of comments to the Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services responsive to the office’s proposed regulations under the IDEA, as amended. Read the Comments...
47 pages of comments identifying areas of concern where CLE believes Department guidance, through new regulations and/or modifications/deletions of existing regulations, would be useful for effectively implementing the recently amended Individuals...
CLE responds to (1) selected Commission recommendations for statutory change that are deemed particularly alarming; (2) selected recommendations with which CLE particularly agrees; and (3) broader Commission statements that evince a misunderstanding...
Legislative Advocacy — Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
CLE co-director Kathleen Boundy identifies concerns with HR 1350 that undermine legal protections under IDEA and are inconsistent with basic principles for all students under Title I/NCLB (e.g., eliminating the right to “stay-put” during appeals;...
Comments and recommendations to the Conferees on the Reauthorization of IDEA 2004 from CLE, the National Council of Centers for Independent Living, and the National Coalition of Parent Centers. Read the Comments...
