Comment on IDEA regulations by 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 7

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The deadline for submitting comments to the Dept of Education about the proposed

regulations on Part B of IDEA 2004 is this Tuesday, Sept 6 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern

Time.

If you have specific thoughts, please make your comments; it's also helpful to

" piggyback " -- expressing support for the comments from disability advocacy

groups. Also, this is one time when the easiest way to transmit information --

e-mail -- is also the best.

It would be helpful for as many people as possible to do an e-mail identifying

yourself and asking the Department of Education to ensure that IDEA continues to

protect students with disabilities, by considering very carefully the input of

the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (copaa.org), the Consortium for

Citizens with Disabilities (http://www.c-c-d.org/legislative_news.htm), and the

California Association for Parent-Child Advocacy, and by being very wary of

proposals by school districts to limit the protections of IDEA.

The correct email address for comments on the IDEA regs is IDEAComments@... .

This is a special email address for the IDEA regs comments to ensure that they

get to the right office.

Commenters should include the words IDEA-Part B in the subject line of the

message. For more information, see www.copaa.net or the Notice of Proposed Rule

Making from the Dept of Education:

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/200\

5/05-11804.htm .

The Notice says that comments sent by regular mail will be delayed for a lengthy

period for anthrax screening. It is better to either email or otherwise deliver

comments.

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