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Text of law applying to children with disabilities, February 1, 1997; proposals for emergency action by Board of Regents to amend Commissioner's Regulations re provision of special education services to preschool students with disabilities

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Correspondence re preschool rate-setting/reimbursement reform work group; State Education Department “Reimbursable Cost Manual for Programs Receiving Funding under Article 81 and Article 89 of the Education Law to Educate Students with Disabilities,” July 1996 edition; handwritten notes; related correspondence

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Questionnaires assessing teacher knowledge of inclusion/ special education issues; definitions

Scope and Contents Policy papers from NYSUT legal department re procedures on referral to Committee on Special Education, strategies to maintain students in general education, with handwritten comments by Phil Ellis and cover memo to Ellis noting inconsistencies in documents, March 6, 1997; memo from NYSUT legal department re state review officer decision on services for disabled students voluntarily attending private schools, October 9, 1997; Individuals with Disabilities Education Law Report No. 12: The...

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NYSUT memos re meeting with special education teachers at Nyack (Long Island) High School; text of federal and state regulations re least restrictive environment; report of students with disabilities exiting special education, by school district, July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996

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Statement by Red Hook Faculty Association (prepared by NYSUT associate Phil Ellis) re procedures for referral of students to Committee on Special Education and related issues, revised August 6, 1997; draft statement; correspondence between Ellis and Red Hook staff, disagreeing on draft procedures

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Request for Proposals from State Education Department to improve reading and math performance of special education students

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AFT Quest conference program; materials re statistical data collection, test modifications for student with disabilities; letter from NYSUT associate Phil Ellis to AFT national headquarters raising concerns about including performance of all special education students in schools’ overall test scores, January 13, 1997; State Education Department memos re providing bilingual psychologists, teachers for speech and hearing disabled

Scope and Contents Testimony by NYSUT second vice president Antonia Cortese, responding to the questions of New York State Assembly Task Force on Special Education re reforms, December 10, 1984; NYSUT memo opposing proposed early intervention programs, June 10, 1985; memos re NYSUT Special Education Committee; materials for workshop on securing pupil services; NYSUT draft policy statement re Special Education Reform Act of 1985 (Harenberg bill in Assembly), September 15, 1985; related memos re bill; letter...

Scope and Contents Comparison of licensing/certification requirements for speech pathology/audiology teachers, May 23, 1984; NYSUT memos re Regent's Plan for Educational Changes in NYS, implications for special education and occupational and practical arts education; memos from NYSUT Vice President Antonia Cortese, research director Charles Santelli, and others to regional coordinators and local presidents re preparations for visits by State Education Department evaluators to school districts re special...