National Council on Disability to Brief Civil Rights Commission on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

4/10/2002

From: Mark S. Quigley of the National Council on Disability, 202-272-2004

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The National Council on Disability (NCD) will brief the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) at 10:30 a.m. on April 12, 2002, at the Commission office at 624 9th Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC.

During the course of five studies on IDEA and one on transition issues, from 1989 to 2000, NCD consistently found that parents of children with disabilities are enthusiastic supporters of the law. They think it is a good law. Those studies include:

Back to School on Civil Rights (2000) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/backtoschool_1.html);

Transition and Post-School Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities: Closing the Gaps to Post-Secondary Education and Employment (2000) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/00publications.html);

Improving the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Making Schools Work for All of America's Children (1995) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/95school.html) and its supplement (1996) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/96school.html);

Inclusionary Education for Students with Disabilities: Keeping the Promise (1994) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/inclusion.html);

Serving the Nation's Students with Disabilities: Progress and Prospects (1993) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/progress.html);

The Education of Students with Disabilities: Where Do We Stand? (1989) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/stand.html).

NCD senior research specialist Martin Gould, Ed.D. will discuss NCD's new working paper on IDEA reauthorization (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/reauthorizations/idea/idea.html).

For more information, contact Mark S. Quigley at 202-272-2004.

Note: NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on disability policy. In 1986, NCD first proposed and then drafted the original Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Currently, NCD is coordinating a multi-year study on the implementation and enforcement of ADA, IDEA, and other civil rights laws.