[nabs-l] {Disarmed} Fwd: FW: new guidance from ED and DOJ on effective communication with students with disabilities

[Stephanie H. DeLuca]

*From:* U.S. Department of Education [mailto:ed.gov at public.govdelivery.com]
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2014 13:15
*To:* Stephanie DeLuca
*Subject:* new guidance from ED and DOJ on effective communication with
students with disabilities



Dear Colleague:

Today the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, together with the U.S.
Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, issued joint guidance about
the rights of public elementary and secondary students with hearing,
vision, or speech disabilities to effective communication. The guidance, in
the form of a letter to educators
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(available in Spanish
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with
an attached Frequently Asked Questions document
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is intended to help schools understand and comply with federal legal
requirements on meeting the communications needs of students with
disabilities. We are also releasing a fact sheet
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on the guidance for parents (available in Spanish
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).

Please share this information widely with your members, affiliates, and
networks.

Thank you,

Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
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