IDEA HEARING

[Guest guest]

For those of you who could not attend the hearing

please feel free to email testimony to them at:

<A HREF= " mailto:.Emery@... " >.Emery@...</A>. is the senior

policy advisor to

the President's Commission on Excellence in Special

Education.

Talking points you may want to use include:

IDEA basically works

Discipline provisions work (they are receiving lots of

info from school districts saying that they need more power)

Parents are able to participate in their child's

educational process and collaborate with teams.

Training is needed for teachers working with kids with

low-incidence disabilities

The panel highly encouraged us to email testimony to them -

they said it is the easiest way for them to get info to

other panel members and that they will read it and consider it as they

develop their recommendations for the reauthorization of

IDEA.

From Patty McGill

I have heard from my old friends and colleagues in

Washington, DC that it is extremely important that parents, educators and

advocates speak out at these meetings.

Speak out as though your life depends on

it........your children's lives

do depend on it. We need a reauthorization that

reflects the real needs of

our children and their teachers.

Here is the website

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HREF= " http://www.ed.gov/inits/commissionsboards/whspecialeducation/index.html " >h\

ttp://www.ed.gov/inits/commissionsboards/whspecialeducation/index.html</A>

Mike Savory

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