News Release
NCD #02-355
April 10, 2002
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov
National Council on Disability to Brief Civil
Rights Commission on the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act
WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD)
will brief the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) at 10:30 a.m. on April 12,
2002, at the Commission office at 624 9th Street, NW, Suite 700,
Washington, DC.
During the course of five studies on IDEA and one
on transition issues, 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);
Transition and Post-School Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities:
Closing the Gaps to Post-Secondary Education and Employment
(2000) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/00publications.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)
and its supplement (1996) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/96school.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 senior research specialist Martin Gould, Ed.D.
will discuss NCD's new working paper on IDEA reauthorization (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/reauthorizations/idea/idea.html).
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