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By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Oct. 29, 2018) — The Department of Education recently awarded grants for new and legacy investments to centers that support infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities and their families. The Office of Special Education…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Sept. 20, 2018) – The U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) released a framework of his office’s special education and rehabilitative services priorities today. Assistant…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (July 17, 2018) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services released its 2018 state determinations on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of Part B…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON, DC (July 3, 2018) – The U.S. Department of Education released a letter responding to a request for guidance regarding the placement status of a child with a disability June 28. The requester wanted to…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON, DC (July 3, 2018) – The U.S. Department of Education published a final rule postponing the department’s significant disproportionality regulation by two years on July 3. The department has postponed the compliance date for implementing…
WASHINGTON (April 27, 2018) – The Department of Education launched two tutorial videos about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) website April 27. The videos provide users with an overview of the IDEA site and the statute and regulations page so they can get…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 26, 2018) — The U.S. Department of Education announced it would seek input from the public regarding some data required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) April 24. The department’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) will gather…
WASHINGTON, DC (April 26, 2018) – The Department of Education posted four new letters April 18-19. The four letters were related to the Individualized Education Programs (IEP) team, state complaints procedures, preschool IEPs, and special education and related services. To view the most recent letters…
WASHINGTON, DC (April 25, 2018) — Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Assistant Secretary Johnny Collett and the National Center for Learning Disabilities Vice President and Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer Lindsay Jones talked about the March 2017 Supreme Court decision in Endrew…
WASHINGTON (Feb. 27, 2018)—The U.S. Department of Education published a notice of proposed rulemaking concerning the Department’s significant disproportionality regulations in the Federal Register for comment Feb. 27. The department has proposed to postpone compliance of the Dec. 19, 2016 regulations for two years by…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Feb. 2, 2018)—The Department of Education will automatically direct users from the Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004 site to the new Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) website starting April 30, 2018. The Office of…
WASHINGTON (Jan. 26, 2018)—The U.S. Department of Education welcomed Johnny Collett, the new U.S. Department of Education assistant secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), Jan. 16. Collett, a former high school special education teacher, has served as the program director…