News Release

NCD #02-354
March 21, 2002
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov

National Council on Disability to Testify Before U.S. Senate on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD) will testify today on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions at 10:00 a.m. in Room 428 Senate Dirksen Office Building.

During the course of five studies on IDEA, from 1989 to 2000, NCD consistently found that parents of children with disabilities are enthusiastic supporters of the law. They think it is a good law. Those studies include: Back to School on Civil Rights (2000) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/backtoschool_1.html); Improving the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Making Schools Work for All of America's Children Supplement (1996) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/96school.html); Improving the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Making Schools Work for All of America's Children (1995) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/95school.html); Inclusionary Education for Students with Disabilities: Keeping the Promise (1994) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/inclusion.html); Serving the Nation's Students with Disabilities: Progress and Prospects (1993) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/progress.html); and, The Education of Students with Disabilities: Where Do We Stand? (1989) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/stand.html).

NCD member Lilliam Rangel-Diaz will present testimony discussing NCD's new working paper on IDEA reauthorization (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/reauthorizations/idea/idea.html).