Testimony of Marilyn Rauth, Director, Educational Issues Department, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, to the Subcommittee on Select Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, on the Secretary's Task Force Report on Equal Educational Opportunity for Handicapped Children.

Autor/in	Rauth, Marilyn
Titel	Testimony of Marilyn Rauth, Director, Educational Issues Department, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, to the Subcommittee on Select Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, on the Secretary's Task Force Report on Equal Educational Opportunity for Handicapped Children.
Quelle	(1980), (8 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Recht; Agency Cooperation; Compliance (Legal); Educational Legislation; Equal Education; Exceptional Persons; Federal Legislation; Government School Relationship; Mainstreaming; Program Evaluation; Program Implementation; Staff Development; Teacher Associations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Lehrerorganisation; Lehrerverband; Lehrervereinigung
Abstract	The efforts of federal agencies (in particular, the Office of Special Education and the Office of Civil Rights) to monitor, enforce, and assist local agencies do not go far enough or look deeply enough to fully address the problems in assuring equal educational opportunities for handicapped children. Schools and state and local governments do not have the resources to carry out the mandate of Public Law 94-142 as it is now written. The major focus must be on realistic means of compliance, not just pointing out noncompliance. The Task Force Report prompts the following observations: (1) The process of the identification of issues for further study would be enhanced by input from national advocacy groups; (2) An adequate number of trained full-time staff in the agencies that carry out the recommmendations is necessary; and (3) Coordination of efforts between those agencies in the areas of enforcement, data collection, policy development, and technical assistance is very important and should be encouraged. (FG)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC