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VCASE
Urges Members to Share in Public Comment
On the Proposed Special Education Regulations
May 8, 2008 |
VCASE is urging its members to participate in the public comment
on the proposed special education regulations.
Still not sure what to say? VCASE has posted talking points you can use to help you structure your comments with the Virginia Department of Education.
Don't have the time? The Public Comment Flyer provides mutiple avenues that you can use to make your opinion known.
REMEMBER:
Individual comments count. As much as VCASE has been a voice for you - it only counts as a single voice. VCASE now needs your support.
Get involved today.
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VCASE
Fall Conference to Occur on
October 11 and 12, 2008
April 14, 2008 |
"Linking Leadership and Learning: What Works!" |
VCASE is proud to announce that Dr. Marcia Tate will be the keynote speaker at the October Policy Institute to be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Charlottesville on October 11 and 12, 2008. Dr. Tate is the author of the best-sellers: (1) Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain, (2) Sit & Get Won’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Professional Learning Strategies that Engage the Adult Brain, and (3) Reading and Language Arts Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Literacy Strategies that Engage the Brain. |
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VCASE
Issues Its Position on
Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Reimbursements
for School-Based Services
November 6, 2007 |
"Schools and communities across the United States are highly invested in helping children achieve their fullest potential. We urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to continue investing federal matching funds in efficient and effective school-based Medicaid administrative activities and state plan-covered transportation services."
Click here to read the complete submitted public comment by VCASE. |
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VCASE
Issues Its Position on
Proposed Virginia Regulations
September 26, 2007 |
| Click here to read the presentation to the State Board of Education by Sue Clark, VCASE President, Wyllys VanDerwerker, VCASE President Elect, and Tom Nash VCASE Past Presdident. |
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| VCASE
Officers Elected
May 24, 2007 |
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Wyllys VanDerwerker, Director
of Special Education, Lynchburg City Schools,
was elected VCASE President.
Mr. Vanderwerker will serve the next two
years as President Elect before serving
as President. Susan Clark is presently VCASE
President. The full listing of the Executive
Committee can be found on the
"About VCASE" web page. |
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VCASE
Issues Its Position on
Proposed Virginia Regulations
February 16, 2007
The VCASE Executive Council
issued its position on the upcoming draft
of Regulations Governing Special Education
Programs for Children with Disabilities
in Virginia. The comments were sent to
the Virginia Department of Education.
Click here to read the content of the
VCASE position.
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June 27, 2006
(press@nsba.org)
Alexandria, Va. - June 27 - The National
School Boards Association applauded the
U.S. Supreme Court for finding that the
fee-shifting provision of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
does not require school districts to pay
for the expert fees when parents prevail
in special education actions.
NSBA, which submitted an amicus
brief in the case of Arlington
v. Murphy, argued that
requiring such reimbursement would undermine
IDEA's emphasis on collaboration between
parents and schools and would drain precious
dollars away from educational priorities.
The case involved a petition by parents
to a district court for reimbursement
of nearly $30,000 in fees paid to an educational
consultant who assisted them during the
individual education plan (IEP) process.
"The Court agreed that reimbursing
parents for the expense of hiring a consultant
would have diverted a school district's
already limited resources away from where
the money belongs, which is funding educational
programs for all students, including those
with disabilities," said Anne L.
Bryant, NSBA executive director.
"We are pleased that the Supreme
Court ruled for the school district because
otherwise districts could have been required
to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars
in expert fees that have not been permitted
as costs under the traditional reading
of the law," said Francisco Negrón,
NSBA general counsel.
Negrón said this ruling will limit the
ability of self-styled advocates and experts
to seek out parents of special education
students and encourage litigation with
the sole idea of pursuing school district
dollars.
"Allowing parents to recoup expert
fees would simply perpetuate a cycle of
costly litigation by encouraging parents
to hire experts," said Negrón. "Public
schools, in turn, would have little choice
but to hire their own experts to rebut
experts hired by parents. This practice
would not have encouraged settlement or
collaboration, which are critical components
of IDEA. Instead, both sides would
have become more entrenched in their positions."
The National School Boards Association,
a federation of state school boards associations
representing more than 95,000 local school
board members, closely monitors the courts
and regularly files friend-of-the-court
briefs in cases that affect the nation's
50 million public school students.
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Patricia Addison Speaks Out on Behalf of
VCASE at Public Comment on IDEA 2004
February 25, 2005
Patricia Addison, VCASE President took
the opportunity to participate in a public
comment session facilitated by the United
States Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services. The public comment
session sought input and suggestions for
developing regulations based on the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Improvement
Act. A complete copy of the
comment can be viewed by following the
hyperlink below:
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