14th Amendment Protections
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv
ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities
http://www.access-board.gov/adaag/html/adaag.htm
Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Home Page
http://www.ada.gov
A Guide to Disability Rights Law
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm
A Short History of Special Education Law
Wrights Law
http://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/lawbk/ch3.history.pdf
Building the Legacy – IDEA 2004
U.S. Department of Education
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/home
Civil Rights
Cornell University Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Civil_rights
Consumer's Guide to the Lanterman Act
State of California Department of Developmental Services
http://www.dds.ca.gov/ConsumerCorner/LantermanActGuide.cfm
Discrimination: Section 504 and ADA
Wrightslaw
http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/sec504.index.htm
Family Educational Rights to Privacy Act (FERPA)
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html
Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPPA)
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy
IDEA 2004 Summary
FAPE IDEA Partnerships
http://www.fape.org/idea/2004/summary.htm
Laws & Regulations: A Composite of Laws
Database Search Engine
California Department of Education
http://www3.scoe.net/speced/laws_search/searchLaws.cfm
Mills V Board of Education of the District of Columbia
http://www.kidstogether.org/right-ed_files/mills.htm
NCLB: Law, Regulations, Guidance Publications & Policy Letters
Wrights Law
http://www.wrightslaw.com/nclb/law.htm
No Child Left Behind
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/esea
Rights Under Lanterman Act
Disability Rights California
http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/pubs/506301index.htm
The Least Restrictive Environment Mandate: How Has It Been Defined by the Courts?
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/courts.htm
United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov
Books/Resources
- Composite of Law Book
California Department of Education Special Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ - Disability Rights California
http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/
(213) 427-8747 - Getting Past No: Negotiating Your Way from Confrontation to Cooperation
By William Ury - Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving InBy Roger Fisher and Alan Sharp
- Handbook on Developing Individualized Family Service Plans and Individualized Education Programs in Early Childhood Special Education
California Department of Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/fp/documents/eciifspiec.pdf - IDEA 2004
Wrightslaw
By Peter W. D. Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright - IDEA and NCLB Guidance: What Parents of Students with Disability Need to Know and Do
By C. Cortiella
http://education.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Parents.pdf - Negotiating the Special Education Maze
A Guide for Parents and Teachers
By Winifred Anderson, Stephen Chitwood, and Deidre Hayden - Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy
(800) 390-7032 - Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
U.S. Department of Education
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr - Office of Special Education Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
U.S. Department of Education
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html - Special Education Rights and Responsibilities
Disability Rights California
http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/pubs/504001SERR.htm - State of California Department of Developmental Services
http://www.dds.ca.gov/ - Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK)
(714) 533-8275
http://www.taskca.org - What Do I do When…The Answer Book on Special Education
John W. Norlin, Esq. - U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov - Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy
http://www.wrightslaw.com
- Other Important Links