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April 10, 2006 • Volume 6, Number 60


POLICY ISSUES

Current and past editions of AUCD Legislative News in Brief are posted on the AUCD website. These weekly updates are intended to keep Association members informed about federal legislative and regulatory issues affecting people with disabilities, their families and the network of AUCD programs and centers.

Students with intellectual disabilities may be eligible for work study. An amendment introduced by Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) to HR 609, the College Access and Opportunity Act of 2005, would allow students with intellectual disabiliteis to obtain valuable, paid work experience in college work study jobs while pursuing postsecondary studies.

Revised disability determination process affecting Title II (SSDI) and Title XVI (SSI).  Effective August 1, both of these programs will implement revisions.  Due to the growth and complexity of disability claims, SSA is making changes, both institutional and procedural, that it hopes will improve the accuracy, consistency, and fairness of the disability determination process.  Read the Revised Disability Determination Process online.

New director for Office of Special Education Programs, Department of Education.  Alexa Posny, Ph.D., has been appointed Director of the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education, effective April 17, 2006. Her experience includes serving as a state and local director of special education, director of curriculum and instruction, and a teacher of students with emotional and learning disabilities. 

Helping 's Youth.  Nine Federal agencies have come together to contribute their knowledge and programs to the Helping America’s Youth initiative. This project includes a Community Resource Inventory tool to search for local resources. UCEDDs/LENDs can enter information about the services they provide.  The project also includes a Program Tool, a database of program designs that (a) deal with risk and/or protective factors and (b) have been evaluated using scientific techniques and have demonstrated a statistically significant decline in problem behaviors. Centers may nominate their project or program for inclusion in this database.

 

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