abbreviations & terms

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school only provided physical therapist for a student with mental and physical disabilities

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Polk v Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit

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national commission on excellence in education; called for more stringent practices and expectations

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NCEE

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state education association

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SEA

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maintains administrative control of public elementary / secondary schools

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LEA - local education agency

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educational philosophy which says that no child can be denied an education because they are uneducable

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zero reject

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to have the most positive impact on student learning

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DOE - department of education

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enforced in 1975; required all public schools accepting federal funding to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day to children with disabilities

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EAHCA -education for all handicapped children act

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replaced no child left behind act and modified but did not eliminate provisions relating to the periodic standardized tests given to students

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ESSA

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enacted in 1965, is the nation’s national education law and shows a longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students

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ESEA -elementary and secondary education act

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provides a substantive standard on weather a child’s IEP is sufficient to conger an educational benefit on a child with a disability

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Endrew F v. Douglas County School District

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extended school year; designed to support a student with a disability as documented under the IDEA to maintain the skills they have learned as part of their IEP or section 504 plan

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ESY

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court of appeals concluded that given the comprehensiveness of the EHA, congress could not have intended its omission of attorney’s fees relief to be rectified by recourse to section 1988

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smith v robinson

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system of supports that schools put in place to provide high quality education to students with disabilities

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RTI -response to intervention

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written legal document that lays out the supports and services kids with dev delays need to start catching up

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IFSP individualized family service plan

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key part of an IEP, first one describes child’s skills and ability based on initial sped evaluation

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PLAAFP -present levels of academic achievement and functional performance statement

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Mills held that no child could be denied a public education because of a disability

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Mills v Board of Education

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national assessment of educational progress (nation’s report card), measures educational achievement and progress of the nation’s students at established grades/ages in relation to the content of NAEP frameworks

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NAEP

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using policies, operating procedures, training, emergency response and other administrative approaches to prevent incidents or to minimize the effects of an incident

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procedural safeguards

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decides if the IEP developed through the IDEA’s procedures has been calculated to enable the child to receive educational benefits

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Rowley 2 part test

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Americans with disabilities act; civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability

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ADA

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based on the premise that the general education environment is the first choice for educating individuals

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LRE -least restrictive environment

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individuals with disabilities education act - ensures students with a disability are provided FAPE that is tailored to their needs, used to be knows as the EAHCA

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IDEA

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office for civil rights; ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation

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OCR

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prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities that receive federal assistance

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section 504

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family educational rights and privacy act

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FERPA

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office of special education programs

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OSEP