In preparation for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) biannual data collection survey, which samples approximately 7,000 school districts on a variety of civil rights issues impacting students with disabilities and/or gifts and talents, CEC is seeking feedback on proposed changes to key definitions including gifted and talent programs and a new proposal to define restraints and seclusion. CEC asks that feedback be provided to CEC by October 28th to enable CEC to meet the Department’s November 10th deadline for comments.
While CEC welcomes feedback on the entire OCR proposed survey, CEC is specifically soliciting comments on the following definitions:
Gifted and Talented Participation Table: The unduplicated number of students enrolled in gifted/talented programs during regular school hours because of unusually high academic ability or a specialized talent or aptitude.
Restraints: Any manual method, physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment that immobilizes the ability of an individual to move his or her arms, legs, body, or head freely.
Seclusion: Involuntary confinement of an individual along in a room or area from which the individual is physically prevented from leaving.
To view the survey in its entirety, please visit: http://edicsweb.ed.gov/browse/downldatt.cfm?pkg_serial_num=4127
Please provide feedback to CEC by October 28th by emailing elisabethw@cec.sped.org
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