[rehab] {Disarmed} FW: New Guidance from ED and DOJ on Effective Communication for Students with Disabilities

[Nightingale, Noel]

From: OSERS Office of the Assistant Secretary [mailto:ed.gov at public.govdelivery.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 10:47 AM
To: Nightingale, Noel
Subject: New Guidance from ED and DOJ on Effective Communication for Students with Disabilities


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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<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQxMTEyLjM4MTExMjkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MTExMi4zODExMTI5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MTMwOTgyJmVtYWlsaWQ9bm9lbC5uaWdodGluZ2FsZUBlZC5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPW5vZWwubmlnaHRpbmdhbGVAZWQuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-effective-communication-201411.pdf> (available in Spanish<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQxMTEyLjM4MTExMjkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MTExMi4zODExMTI5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MTMwOTgyJmVtYWlsaWQ9bm9lbC5uaWdodGluZ2FsZUBlZC5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPW5vZWwubmlnaHRpbmdhbGVAZWQuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-effective-communication-201411-sp.pdf>) with an attached Frequently Asked Questions document<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQxMTEyLjM4MTExMjkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MTExMi4zODExMTI5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MTMwOTgyJmVtYWlsaWQ9bm9lbC5uaWdodGluZ2FsZUBlZC5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPW5vZWwubmlnaHRpbmdhbGVAZWQuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&102&&&http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-faqs-effective-communication-201411.pdf>, is intended to help schools understand and comply with federal legal requirements on meeting the communication needs of students with disabilities. We are also releasing a fact sheet<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQxMTEyLjM4MTExMjkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MTExMi4zODExMTI5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MTMwOTgyJmVtYWlsaWQ9bm9lbC5uaWdodGluZ2FsZUBlZC5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPW5vZWwubmlnaHRpbmdhbGVAZWQuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&103&&&http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-parent-201411.pdf> on the guidance for parents (available in Spanish<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQxMTEyLjM4MTExMjkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MTExMi4zODExMTI5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MTMwOTgyJmVtYWlsaWQ9bm9lbC5uaWdodGluZ2FsZUBlZC5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPW5vZWwubmlnaHRpbmdhbGVAZWQuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&104&&&http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-bullying-201410-sp.pdf>).

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