[TxP2PRegion4Parents] IDEA Request for Comments-public meetings

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> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:19:24 -0600

> Subject: [TxP2PRegion4Parents] Fw: IDEA Request for

> Comments-public meetings

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> MessagePlease see below for a request for comments

> on the regulatory issues on the newly revised IDEA.

> J. Warren, Executive/Program Director

> Texas Parent to Parent

> 3710 Cedar Street, Box 12

> Austin, TX 78705

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> [FV-Talk] FW: IDEA Request for

> Comments-public meetings

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>

> H. Hager, assistant secretary of the Office of

> Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

> (OSERS), U.S. Department of Education, is pleased to

> share with you the Federal Register notice of

> request for comments and recommendations on

> regulatory issues under the Individuals with

> Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended by the

> Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement

> Act of 2004.

>

> The notice can be found on the Web at

>

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/200\

4/04-28503.htm.

>

> For further information, contact: Troy R. Justesen.

> Telephone: .

>

> CORRECTION:

> Please note that the meeting listed for

> Newark, New Jersey,

> is actually scheduled to take place in Newark,

> Deleware.

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> [Federal Register: December 29, 2004 (Volume 69,

> Number 249)]

> [Proposed Rules] [Page 77968-77969]

> From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access

> [wais.access.gpo.gov]

> [DOCID:fr29de04-21]

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> DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

>

> 34 CFR Parts 300 and 303

>

>

> Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, as

> Amended by the Individuals With Disabilities

> Education Improvement Act of 2004

>

> AGENCY: Office of Special Education and

> Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.

>

> ACTION: Notice of request for comments and

> recommendations on regulatory issues under the

> Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),

> as amended by the Individuals with Disabilities

> Education Improvement Act of 2004.

>

>

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>

> SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education solicits

> comments and recommendations from the public prior

> to developing and publishing proposed regulations

> under 34 CFR parts 300 and 303 to implement programs

> under the recently amended IDEA. The Secretary also

> announces plans to hold informal public meetings to

> seek further input about those regulations in light

> of the statutory amendments.

>

> DATES: In order to be assured of consideration as we

> develop proposed regulations, comments and

> recommendations should be received on or before

> February 28, 2005.

>

> ADDRESSES: Address all comments and recommendations

> to: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative

> Services, U.S. Department of Education, 400 land

> Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, room 5126,

> Washington, DC 20202-2641. If you prefer to send

> your comments through the Internet, you may address

> them to us at the U.S. Government Web site:

> http://www.regulations.gov.

>

> Or you may send your Internet comments to us at the

> following address: comments@....

>

> You must include the term " Comments on IDEA-2004 " in

> the subject line of your electronic message. (Note

> that the term in the preceding sentence means

> comments submitted in response to changes made to

> the IDEA by the Individuals with Disabilities

> Education Improvement Act of 2004.)

>

> Please submit your comments only one time, in order

> to ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies.

>

> FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Troy R. Justesen.

> Telephone: .

>

> If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf

> (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS)

> at 1-.

>

> Individuals with disabilities may obtain this

> document in an alternative

>

> [[Page 77969]]

>

> format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or

> computer diskette) by contacting the person listed

> under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

>

> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

>

> Background

>

> On December 3, 2004, the President signed into law

> Pub. L. 108-446, 118 Stat. 2647, the Individuals

> with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004,

> amending the IDEA. Copies of the new law may be

> obtained at the following Web site:

> http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html.

>

> Enactment of the new law provides an opportunity to

> consider improvements in the regulations

> implementing the IDEA in 34 CFR parts 300 and 303

> that would strengthen the Federal effort to ensure

> the provision of early intervention services to

> infants and toddlers with disabilities and their

> families and ensure every child with a disability

> has available a free appropriate public education

> that: (1) Is of high quality, and (2) is designed to

> achieve the high standards reflected in the No Child

> Left Behind Act of 2001.

>

> Invitation To Comment

>

> We invite you to submit comments and recommendations

> regarding changes to 34 CFR parts 300 and 303 that

> you believe are needed, particularly to clarify a

> provision in the new law or to facilitate its

> implementation. We encourage you to make your

> comments as specific as possible regarding the

> nature and scope of regulatory action necessary to

> achieve the objective you are seeking. Also, if

> appropriate to your comments, please identify the

> specific part and section (or subsection) of the

> amended IDEA that is the subject of your

> recommendations, and specify how a proposed change

> to a given provision in the regulations will clarify

> or help to improve implementation of the new

> statutory provision.

> Please include the following with your comments and

> recommendations: A description of the area of your

> involvement in special education, regular education

> or early intervention, as well as your role, if any,

> in that area (e.g., parent, teacher, student,

> service provider, administrator, or researcher).

> During and after the comment period, you may inspect

> all public comments about this notice in room 5126,

> Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th Street, SW.,

> Washington, DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4

> p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday of each

> week except Federal holidays.

>

> Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities in

> Reviewing the Comments

>

> On request, we will supply an appropriate aid, such

> as a reader or print magnifier, to an individual

> with a disability who needs assistance to review the

> comments and recommendations. If you want to

> schedule an appointment for this type of aid, please

> contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER

> INFORMATION CONTACT.

>

> Announcement of Public Meetings

>

> The following is a preliminary announcement of our

> plans to hold a series of informal meetings during

> the first few months of calendar year 2005, to seek

> comments and recommendations for developing

> regulations, as needed, based on the Individuals

> with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004.

> The meetings will be in the following locations:

>

> Atlanta, GA;

> Newark, NJ; Correction: Newark, DE

> Boston, MA;

> Columbus, OH;

> San Diego, CA;

> Laramie, WY; and

> Washington, DC.

>

> We will notify you through notices published in the

> Federal Register of the specific dates and locations

> of each of these meetings, as well as other relevant

> information.

> Electronic Access to This Document: You may view

> this document, as well as all other Department of

> Education documents published in the Federal

> Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format

> (PDF) on the Internet at the following site:

> http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.

>

> To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which

> is available free at this site. If you have

> questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government

> Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-;

> or in the Washington, DC, area at .

>

>

> Note: The official version of this document is the

> document published in the Federal Register. Free

> Internet access to the official edition of the

> Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations

> is available on GPO Access at:

> http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.

>

> Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1400 et. seq.; Pub. L.

> 108-446, 118 Stat. 2647.

>

> Troy R. Justesen,

> Acting Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Special

> Education and Rehabilitative Services.

> [FR Doc. 04-28503 Filed 12-28-04; 8:45 am]

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