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Judy B. Engelhard, CAN Coordinator for the Division for Learning Disabilities, provides brief reports for TeachingLD.org so that visitors can keep informed about important developments in policies affecting students with learning disabilities and their teachers. TeachingLD.org is pleased to offer this page as a place for people concerned with learning disabilities to keep up to date.

14 March 2005

MARCH 2005 UPDATE

DLD PROVIDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON REGULATORY LANGUAGE FOR THE NEW IDEA

The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) sought public input as part of the process for developing regulatory language for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, P.L. 108-446, which amended the current IDEA. Assistant Secretary, John H. Hager, asked for comments and recommendations from the public prior to developing and publishing proposed regulations under 34 CFR parts 300 and 303 to implement programs under the new IDEA. On February 24, 2005, President Elect, John W. Lloyd, spoke on behalf of DLD and provided written comments to OSERS at the Washington, DC public hearing.

IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES

IDEA 2004 allows for the elimination of the requirement to establish a severe discrepancy between ability and achievement in the identification of Specific Learning Disabilities. DLD, along with other groups associated with the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD), submitted recommendations for regulatory language for identification procedures. These recommendations are contained in the 2004 Learning Disabilities Roundtable: Comments and Recommendations on regulatory issues under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. Of particular concern to DLD is how to operationalize the Response-to-Treatment aspect of the problem-solving model that has been suggested.

Read the Roundtable Document here.

CEC SPEAKS ABOUT SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES IN BOSTON.

CEC representatives spoke at all public hearings on suggested regulatory language. At each location CEC targeted a different issue in IDEA 2004. The identification of Specific Learning Disabilities was the topic addressed February 7 in Boston, Massachusetts by Deb Ziegler, Associate Executive Director for Policy and Communication at CEC. DLD's work with the LD Round Table on identification issues provided the basis for CEC's comments. Comments on other issues are available on the CEC website. Read CEC's recommendations for the regulations here.

Personnel Changes at the US Department of Education

• Margaret Spellings replaced Rod Paige as Secretary of Education
• Stephanie Lee resigned her post as Director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP); Patty Guard will serve as Acting Director. Bill Wolf will serve as Acting Deputy Director.

Judy B. Engelhard
CAN Coordinator, DLD