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Schools are required to find students with disabilities within their jurisdiction and refer those students for services (often called "child find" obligations). [21] [22] [23] Students are entitled to assessments to determine whether they have disabilities. [21] Students with disabilities must have Individualized Education Plans, or IEPs. [21]
Wayne County Training School, Northville Township (1926–1974) Coldwater Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (1935-1987) Mount Pleasant Center (1937-2009) Fort Custer State Home (1956-1972) Hillcrest Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (1959-1982) Alpine Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (1960-1981)
While Head Start is a national program, the implementation is up to individual states. [30] Head Start programs typically operate independently from local school districts. Most often they are administered through local social-services agencies. Classes are generally small, with fewer than ten enrollees per adult staff member.
Californians with disabilities would receive a new savings account with $250 in it, under a bill introduced by Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, and sponsored by California State Treasurer Fiona Ma.
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District is a Supreme Court case about "the level of educational benefit school districts must provide students with disabilities as defined by IDEA. [55] The case is described by advocates as "the most significant special-education issue to reach the high court in three decades."
High school students with documented disabilities are allowed reasonable accommodations to keep those disabilities from being an unfair impediment toward proving academic competence. Tests administered with accommodations do not interfere with what the test was designed to measure or with the student's ability to earn a legitimate diploma.
Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs.
[citation needed] Data is also provided on students with disabilities and English language learners. NAEP assessments are administered to participating students using the same test booklets and procedures, except accommodations for students with disabilities, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] so NAEP results are used for comparison of states and urban districts that ...