Resources

CEC’s Public Policy Unit has put together a variety of resource documents on our Web site for you to download at your leisure. This document can also be accessed on-line

at http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/resources.html

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IDEA REAUTHORIZATION

A Timeline for IDEA Reauthorization:

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/IDEAReAuthTimeline.pdf

CEC’s Recommendations on House and Senate IDEA Bills: Comparison of House Passed Bill and Senate Bill as Reported Out of Committee Part A and B:http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/IDEA-H+Sside-by-side

CEC’s IDEA Reauthorization Update

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/IDEAUpdate.pdf

CEC’s Preliminary Analysis of S. 1248, the Senate bill to Reauthorize IDEA:

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/CECRecommendations_S1248.pdf

CEC’s Summary of H.R. 1350, the House-Passed bill to Reauthorize IDEA:

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/HR1350_Summary.pdf

CEC’s Preliminary Analysis of H.R. 1350, the House bill to Reauthorize IDEA: http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/CECRecommendations_HR_1350.pdf

CEC’s IDEA Reauthorization Recommendations : http://www.cec.sped.org/gov/IDEA_reauth_4-2002.pdf

A Summary of CEC’s IDEA Reauthorization Recommendations:

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/pp_docs/IDEArecsummaryTalkingPoints1008.doc

APPROPRIATIONS

CEC’s Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Appropriations Chart:

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/appropchart.pdf

CEC’s IDEA Full Funding document:

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/IDEAFullFunding.pdf

CEC’s FY 2004 Funding Recommendations for IDEA Part D:

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/CECfy04PartDrecs.pdf

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

CEC’s Technical Assistance Report on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001:http://www.cec.sped.org//pp/OverviewNCLB.pdf

Side-by-Side of the NCLB Act analyzing its implications for special education:http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/NCLBside-by-side.pdf

CEC’s Response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the No Child Left Behind Act: http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/pp_docs/CEC_Resp_to_NCLBnprm1008.doc

OTHER POLICY DOCUMENTS

CEC’s Policy on Assessment and Accountability:

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/Assessment-Accountability_Policy.pdf

CEC’s Position Statement on School Vouchers

http://www.cec.sped.org/gov/voucherstatement2003.pdf

CEC’s Response to the President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education Report:

http://www.cec.sped.org/spotlight/cec_response/PresCommReport.html

And a link to the report:

http://www.ed.gov/inits/commissionsboards/whspecialeducation/

LEGISLATIVE ACTION CENTER

CEC’s Legislative Action Center :

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/LegislativeActionCenter.pdf

Student Development & Pupil Personnel Services,School of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Produced and maintained by Mary Lynn Boscardin, Ph.D., mlbosco@educ.umass.edu.