What Educators & Parents Need to Know About Special Education Law — NYC Edition
This guide provides a general orientation to key legal issues, including information on:
- Major federal laws;
- Basic legal principles;
- Process of evaluation/eligibility;
- Key terms & acronyms;
- Rights & responsibilities of parents;
- The IEP (members of the IEP team and components of the IEP)
- Discriminatory policies and practices;
- Rights & responsibilities of teachers.