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Comprehensive Special Education Guidance for the 2020-21 School Year

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has supplemented its Initial Fall Reopening Guidance with special considerations and guidance for services and instruction for students who qualify for special education. While DESE has asked all districts to develop plans that prioritize in-person learning, this new specialized guidance suggests that the focus on in-person is [...]

New OCR Guidance Lays Out School District Responsibility To Provide Equal Opportunities

With much emphasis being placed on ensuring that students with disabilities are receiving an adequate education, the issue of access to extracurricular athletics is often overlooked. A June 2010, report published by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that students with disabilities are not being afforded an equal opportunity to participate in extracurricular athletics in public elementary and secondary schools

2018-01-08T16:53:53-05:00February 7th, 2014|Categories: Blog, Education|Tags: , , , |
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