Media Advisory

NCD #99-273
September 3, 1999
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov

National Council on Disability to Conduct Town Meeting on Enforcement and Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD) will conduct a town meeting on the enforcement and implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on September 22, 1999, from 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. This town meeting on IDEA is being held in preparation for a fall release of NCD's report, Back to School on Civil Rights, which will be the second in NCD's "Unequal Protection Under Law" series of independent analyses of federal civil rights enforcement for Americans with disabilities. This report will assess nearly two and a half decades of federal enforcement of IDEA and offer recommendations to the President and Congress for how IDEA can better be enforced.

NCD is an independent federal agency charged with advising the President and Congress on public policy affecting people with disabilities. It is currently coordinating a multi-year study on the implementation and enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act, IDEA, and other civil rights laws.