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Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights Launches Civil Rights Compliance Center
Content type: News
Posted:
28 January, 2020
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the launch of the OPEN Center within the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which will “focus on proactive compliance with federal civil rights laws and will provide...
Recent Changes in State Policies and Legislation regarding Restraint or Seclusion
Content type: Journal Article
In this article, we describe and evaluate the extent to which recent changes to state-level policy are related to seclusion and restraint in schools and detail what components of comprehensive restraint and seclusion policy are indicated. We examined state...
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue Oral Arguments Begin Today
Content type: News
Posted:
22 January, 2020
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments in a landmark school choice case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which focuses on the constitutionality of school vouchers for use at religious schools.
Webinar on Seclusion and Restraint Offered by U.S. Department of Education
Content type: News
Posted:
14 January, 2020
Last week, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) posted an informative webinar, "Students with Disabilities and the Use of Restraint and Seclusion in K-12 Public Schools."
Which Procedural Parts of the IEP Process Are the Most Judicially Vulnerable?
Content type: Journal Article
To provide a missing piece to the legal foundation of professional development and practice for the individualized education program (IEP) process, the authors report the results of a comprehensive systematic analysis of court decisions specific to IEP...
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District (2017) FAPE and the U.S. Supreme Court
Content type: Journal Article
On March 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. This case, coming 35 years after the Supreme Court’s first special education decision in Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central...
An Updated Primer of Special Education Law
Content type: Journal Article
Teachers and parents often find special education law complex and confusing. As one step for a basic foundation in special education law, a previous TEC article (Zirkel, 2005) provided a snapshot of the “top 5 case concepts” based on 10 decisions from the...
Pursuing Academic and Functional Advancement: Goals, Services, and Measuring Progress
Content type: Journal Article
According to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Board in order to meet it's educational benefit standard under the IDEA, school districts are obligated to “offer an IEP that is reasonably calculated to enable the child to...
Unequal and Increasingly Unfair: How Federal Policy Creates Disparities in Special Education Funding
Content type: Journal Article
The formula used to allocate federal funding to states for special education is one of IDEA's most critical components. The formula serves as the primary mechanism for dividing available federal dollars among states and represents policy makers’ intent to...
U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Answers Questions on School Reopening
Content type: News
Posted:
21 May, 2021
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published a questions and answers guide on how to best support students while complying with the civil rights laws enforced by OCR.