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June 9th,
2007
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The Secretary of Education is proposing to make changes
to the regulations for the Early Intervention Program
for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities. The proposed
regulations (pdf)
will implement changes made to the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act by the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. You may
comment on these regulations by accessing
www.regulations.gov
Comments must be received by July 23, 2007
Information Sharing from the Policy and
Program Services Unit of the Special
Education Division
If you have questions,
please contact Janet Canning at jcanning@cde.ca.gov
or (916) 327-4217.
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On
September 29, 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill (SB)
267, which enacted Education Code Section 60852.4 and provides a
one-year exemption of the requirement to pass the California High
School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) for certain students with
disabilities in the class of 2007. This bill is very similar to SB
517, which provided a similar exemption of the CAHSEE requirement to
students in the class of 2006.
There are a few differences between the two bills, so I encourage
you to review the full text of this bill which is available online
at: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html. Below is a summary of
the conditions that must exist for a student to be eligible for the
SB 267 one-year exemption:
More details
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AB 2651, as
amended, Jones Newborns: hearing screening.
The existing Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking, and
Intervention Act requires that every California
Children's Services (CCS)-approved general acute
care hospital with licensed perinatal services offer
all parents of a newborn, upon birth admission, a
hearing screening test for the identification of
hearing loss, using protocols approved by the State
Department of Health Services or its designee.
This bill would, instead, require that this hearing screening be
offered to every newborn, upon birth admission, by
every general acute care hospital with licensed
perinatal services, and would make related changes
to the program. It would require certain hospitals
that have not been approved by the CCS program, to
contract for the provision of this service.
This bill would provide that its provisions shall become operative
on January 1, 2008.
Amended
Bill
information
This bill will increase the number of
newborns and infants who receive hearing screenings
either at birth or shortly thereafter and identify
hearing loss in infants as early as possible. This bill
builds upon the Governor's efforts to prevent or detect
disease as early as possible by increasing newborn
health screenings from 33 to 85 different screens.
Parents of children with a disability are eligible
to receive one complimentary copy. Information Sharing from the Interim State Director of Special Education
The projected availability of the 28th Edition of the California
Special Education Programs, A Composite of Laws is early
March 2006. A summary of the changes made to special education laws in 2005 is
available at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ds/col28editnintro.asp
The order form is
available (pdf)
In the past, A Composite of Laws was provided free of charge.
Unfortunately, due to budget changes, we have had to revise our
operations and price this publication in order to cover our production costs.
Pricing information will be on the order form.
Parents of children with a disability are eligible to receive one complimentary copy of this publication. Parents are
asked to complete the order form, sign, and submit as directed.
For clarification, contact the Special Education
Division at (916) 323-2409.
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IDEA 2004
- Topic Briefs
OSEP has developed a
series of topic briefs around several high-interest
areas of IDEA. Topic briefs include a summary of all
relevant statutory language around that topic, the
citations and a cross-reference, when applicable, to
other related briefs.
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