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The long-awaited proposed rules on Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are now available on the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services' (OSERS) Web site. According to the U. S. Department of Education (ED), this is an unofficial copy so that members of the public will have as much time as possible to review the proposed regulations. The official copy of this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) is scheduled be published in the Federal Register within the next few days. The public will have 75 days from the Federal Register publication date to provide comments to ED.
ASHA has mobilized a member advisory group and a national office staff team, which are in the process of conducting a thorough analysis of the proposed regulations. Continue to check ASHA's IDEA Information Center Web site for further updates, including an analysis of the proposed regulations, as well as opportunities to comment on the proposed regulations. For more information, please contact Catherine D. Clarke, ASHA's Director of Education & Regulatory Advocacy, via email at cclarke@asha.org or by phone at 800-498-2071, ext. 4159.
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