[Federal Register: May 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 97)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; List of
Correspondence
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: List of Correspondence from October 1, 2006 through December
31, 2006.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing the following list pursuant to
section 607(f) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as
amended by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
of 2004 (IDEA). Under section 607(f) of IDEA, the Secretary is
required, on a quarterly basis, to publish in the Federal Register a
list of correspondence from the U.S. Department of Education
(Department) received by individuals during the previous quarter that
describes the interpretations of the Department of IDEA or the
regulations that implement IDEA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melisande Lee or JoLeta Reynolds.
Telephone: (202) 245-7468.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of this notice in
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or
computer diskette) on request to the contact persons listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following list identifies correspondence
from the Department issued from October 1, 2006 through December 31,
2006. Included on the list are those letters that contain
interpretations of the requirements of IDEA and its implementing
regulations, as well as letters and other documents that the Department
believes will assist the public in understanding the requirements of
the law and its regulations. The date of and topic addressed by a
letter are identified, and summary information is also provided, as
appropriate. To protect the privacy interests of the individual or
individuals involved, personally identifiable information has been
deleted, as appropriate.
Part B--Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities
Section 611--Authorization; Allotment; Use of Funds; Authorization of
Appropriations
Topic Addressed: Allotment
[cir] Letter dated November 20, 2006 to Washington, DC attorney
Leigh Manasevit, regarding the reallocation of high cost funds that
were not expended before the last year of availability.
Section 612--State Eligibility
Topic Addressed: Free Appropriate Public Education
[cir] Letter dated December 22, 2006 to National Association of
Public Health Systems Executive Director Mark Covall, regarding the
obligation to ensure that a free appropriate public education is
available to children with disabilities who are placed by a non-
educational public agency in a public or private residential program
and clarifying that determining the specific school district or local
educational agency responsible for the cost of that residential
placement is a matter of State law, policy or practice.
Topic Addressed: Confidentiality of Education Records.
cir; Letter dated October 13, 2006 to Texas Education Agency
General Counsel David A. Anderson, regarding confidentiality issues
raised by IDEA and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
related to the public dissemination of special education due process
hearing decisions.
Topic Addressed: Children With Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents
in Private Schools.
[cir] Letter dated December 1, 2006 to U.S. Representative
Christopher Smith, regarding the applicability of equitable
participation requirements to children with disabilities ages three
through five enrolled by their parents in private schools or
facilities.
Section 614--Evaluations, Eligibility Determinations, Individualized
Education Programs, and Educational Placements
Topic Addressed: Evaluations and Reevaluations
[cir] Letter dated October 19, 2006 to National Association of
School Psychologists Executive Director Susan Gorin, regarding the role
of school psychologists in administering assessments and the regulatory
changes in procedures for evaluating children suspected of having
learning disabilities
Topic Addressed: Individualized Education Programs
[cir] Letter dated October 19, 2006 to TASH Executive Director
Barbara Trader, clarifying that the IDEA, while requiring the
individualized education program team (IEP Team) to consider the use of
positive behavioral interventions and supports, does not include a
prohibition on the use of aversive behavioral interventions and that
the decision whether to allow IEP Teams to consider the use of such
interventions is a decision left to each State.
Topic Addressed: Educational Placements
[cir] Letter dated November 3, 2006 to Iowa Bureau of Children,
Family, and Community Services Chief Lana Michelson, regarding the
educational placement of students, including
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students with disabilities, who are required to register as sex
offenders under State law.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.027, Assistance to
States for Education of Children with Disabilities)
Dated: May 15, 2007.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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