by Jennifer Childress | Sep 7, 2022 | Federal Guidance
The just-released Data Linking Toolkit created by the DaSy Center contains multiple sections that include downloadable tools to support Part C and Part B 619 program staff as they consider, prepare, and successfully link their data. DaSy’s Critical Questions include...
by Jennifer Childress | Aug 4, 2022 | Federal Guidance
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) issued new guidance aimed at helping public elementary and secondary schools fulfill their responsibilities to meet the needs of students...
by Andrea Payne | May 12, 2021 | Fresh Ideas
Last year, districts scrambled mid-pandemic to create or update their special education operating procedures to submit to the Texas Education Agency by October 31. The effort would help districts comply with IDEA 34 C.F.R. §§300.201 (2020) in providing for the...
by Jennifer Childress | Jun 24, 2020 | Federal Guidance
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), within the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, has issued Question and Answer (Q & A) documents in response to inquiries concerning implementation of...
by Jennifer Childress | Nov 13, 2019 | Legal Developments
The mother of Dallas ISD student, T.W., who was allegedly assaulted and raped by a classmate, brought a Title IX action against the school district, claiming sex-based discrimination. The lawsuit alleged that T.W., a special needs student, was repeatedly assaulted by...
