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Section 619 Profile 12th Edition (PDF)
By Caroline Armijo, Joan Danaher, Cherie Hipps, Robert Kraus
2003

Summary: This 12th edition of the Section 619 Profile updates information on policies, programs, and practices under the Preschool Grants Program of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Current and/or historical information is presented for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, which are all eligible to receive IDEA Part B, Section 619 funds. The coordinators of State and jurisdictional Section 619 programs supplied updates on the following content areas: program administration, funding, and education reform; interagency coordination; personnel; transition; programming; accreditation and monitoring; performance outcomes; Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs), and family-centered services; eligibility classification and criteria; prekindergarten initiatives and initiatives for special populations; State child count data for 1986-2003; State preschool program data; and contact information for State and jurisdictional program coordination. Selected excerpts are provided from the Twenty-fourth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by the U.S. Department of Education (2002).

Index Terms: Children With Special Needs, Federal Legislation, State Regulations, State Surveys, Accreditation, Child Care, Child Care Providers, Outcomes, Statistics, Transition, Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA)

Publisher: National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

Publication Type: Reports (Research/technical)

Pages: 332 pages
Language: English
URL: http://nectac.org/~pdfs/sec619_2003.pdf

Availability
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
c/o Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
CB 8040, UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
919-962-2001
FAX: 919-843-3269
nectac@unc.edu
http://www.nectac.org/

 
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