Prerelease Notice
National Council on Disability
Improving Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
Posted at www.grants.gov on January 30, 2006

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Document Type:
Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number:
NCD-06-02

Posted Date:
Jan 30, 2006

Original Closing Date for Applications:
May 01, 2006

Current Closing Date for Applications:
May 01, 2006

Archive Date:

Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement

Category of Funding Activity:
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)

Expected Number of Awards:
1

Estimated Total Program Funding:
$125,000

Award Ceiling:
$125,000

Award Floor:
$125,000

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No

Eligible Applicants

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

National Council on Disability

Description

As a follow-up to its 2004 paper Improving Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities, NCD will conduct a formal evaluation of the implementation of both the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Thanks to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its push for increased access to education for students with disabilities, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA), with its push for improved student outcomes, educators across the U.S. are reexamining their practices to find ways to close the achievement gaps between groups of students. Students with disabilities are a focus of this attention, as schools and states labor to improve their academic outcomes. Policymakers are studying both the reauthorization of IDEA and the ongoing implementation of NCLBA to determine the most effective means for serving students with disabilities. At the beginning of fiscal year 2006, ample time has passed since passage of NCLBA and the reauthorization of IDEA for this research to be undertaken.

Link to Full Announcement

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Martin Gould Director of Research Phone 202-272-2112 Project Officer email

Synopsis Modification History

There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.