News Release
NCD #02-361
April 30, 2002
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov
National Council on Disability
Submits Testimony to President's Special Education Commission on
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD)
today provided written expert testimony to the President's Commission
on Excellence in Special Education Transition Task Force hearing
on the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA).
Specifically, NCD presented information on the status
of transition, post-secondary education, and employment outcomes
for primarily 14 to 22 year-old youth and young adults with disabilities
over the past 27 years. It also presented recommendations for national,
state, and local community action to improve those outcomes.
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's testimony is available at http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/reauthorizations/idea/idea.html.
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