[Adta] Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Service meetings

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Good Morning,
I received this announcement from Myrna Mandlawitz, Co-chair for the National Alliance of Pupil Services Organizations and wanted to share the information.
If anyone doe attend a meeting please let me know.
Thank you.
Ellen Yacoe
 
John H. Hager, assistant secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and Alexa Posny, director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), at the U.S. Department of Education, are pleased to announce a series of upcoming community-based public meetings to be held this fall. 



Secretary Margaret Spellings announced the release of the Part B Final Regulations implementing the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). These regulations were published in the Federal Register on Aug. 14, 2006. A link to these regulations can be found on the Department's Web site at http://www.ed.gov/IDEA.
To provide the public with an overview of the regulations, OSERS will be hosting a series of community-based public meetings. These public meetings will serve two major purposes. First, the meetings will provide the public with an opportunity to learn about the major concepts and principle changes in the new regulations. Second, the meetings will serve as a mechanism for the public to learn about and obtain some of the many resources and supports available from OSERS to assist in the implementation of these regulations. These resources and supports include a dedicated Web site which contains an array of information on the Part B regulations, with much more to come, as well as video tapes, topical briefs, a list of OSERS-supported technical assistance centers, and a list of conferences and other meetings in which information on the implementation of the regulations will be available.
Each meeting will begin with a reception at which Assistant Secretary Hager and Director Posny will be available to meet with the attendees on an informal basis. The reception will be followed by a presentation about the regulations, which will include a taped welcome from Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, information about the regulations and the Web site, as well as an opportunity to ask questions about the regulations and OSERS' implementation plans.
A list of the meetings sites, and available information on the locations and times that have been finalized appears below. Please check for updates on meeting locations and times as they become available on the IDEA 2004 Web page at http://www.ed.gov/IDEA.
SITE:LOCATION:DATE:
Charlotte, N.C.UNC Charlotte Conference Services 
9201 University City Blvd. 
380 Bonnie E. Cone University Center 
Charlotte, NC 282235:30pm-9:00pm 
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006
Tampa, Fla.Gibbons Alumni Center 
4202 E. Fowler Avenue 
University of South Florida 
Tampa, FL 336205:30pm-9:00pm 
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006
Philadelphia, Pa.TBDWednesday Oct. 17, 2006
Seattle, Wash.TBDTuesday, Oct. 24, 2006
Minneapolis, Minn.TBDWednesday Oct. 25, 2006
Dallas, TXTBDThursday, Nov. 2, 2006
Denver, Colo.TBDWednesday, Nov. 8, 2006
Sacramento, Calif.TBDTuesday, Nov. 14, 2006

Each participant will receive a copy of the regulations on a CD ROM, as well as a copy of the Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students With Disabilities, also on CD ROM. In addition, other material will be available in print form, including copies of the three model forms required under the reauthorization: Individualized Education Program (IEP), Notice of Procedural Safeguards, and Prior Written Notice.
All members of the community are encouraged to attend these meetings: parents, teachers, family members, community service representatives, local school administrators, related service providers, advocates, technical assistance administrators and others with an interest in education. These meetings are regional in scope and individuals from adjacent states are encouraged to attend.
There is no advanced registration for these public meetings, nor any cost. Registration will take place at the door. Interpreters will be available for individuals with hearing impairments. For further information, please contact Tanya Kosinski at Tanya.Kosinski at ed.gov or 202-245-7407.
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