CY2008 — FOURTH QUARTER Federal Register Notice:

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services List of Correspondence from October 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
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December 15, 2008 to National Association of Private Special Education Centers Executive Director and CEO Sherry Kolbe.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Highly Qualified Teachers
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A – General Provisions; Section 602 – Definitions
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December 11, 2008 to Louisiana State Department of Education Acting Director of Division of Educational Improvement and Assistance Susan W. Batson.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State-Level Activities
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 611 – Authorization; Allotment; State-Level Activities; Authorization of Appropriations
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October 31, 2008 to Fiscal and Policy Advisor for Rural and Sparsely Populated Consortium of California James Kennedy.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities Section 613 – Local Educational Agency Eligibility
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July 28, 2008 to Chief State School Officers.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervening Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities Section 613 – Local Educational Agency Eligibility
MS Word (27K) | PDF (81K)

November 17, 2008 to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania attorney Jeffrey F. Champagne.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Parental Consent
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 614 – Evaluations, Eligibility Determinations, Individualized Education Programs, and Educational Placements
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October 30, 2008 to Maryland Assistant State Superintendent for the Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services Carol Ann Baglin.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Due Process Complaints
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 615 – Procedural Safeguards
MS Word (29K) | PDF (135K)

December 11, 2008 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted).
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Due Process Complaints
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 615 – Procedural Safeguards
MS Word (42K) | PDF (215K)

December 11, 2008 to Lehigh University Professor Perry A. Zirkel.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Independent Educational Evaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 615 – Procedural Safeguards
MS Word (32K) | PDF (115K)

October 17, 2008 to Chief State School Officers.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Correction of Noncompliance
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 616 – Monitoring, Technical Assistance, and Enforcement
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October 31, 2008 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director John Copenhaver.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Correction of Noncompliance
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 616 – Monitoring, Technical Assistance, and Enforcement
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November 4, 2008 to Montana Office of Public Instruction Department of Special Education Services Assistant Superintendent Robert Runkel.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Significant Disproportionality
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 618 – Program Information
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November 14, 2008 to American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. President Dr. Tuck Tinsley.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: National Instructional Materials Access Center
SECTION OF IDEA: Part D – National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities; Section 674 – Technology Development, Demonstration, and Utilization; Media Services; and Instructional Materials
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October 17, 2008 Dear Colleague Letter from former Assistant Secretary of the Department’s Office for Civil Rights Stephanie J. Monroe.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Report Cards and Transcripts
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December 17, 2008 Dear Colleague Letter from former Deputy Secretary Ray Simon
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
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