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2000 CIS H 3415
TITLE: School
Safety, Discipline, and IDEA
CIS-NO: 2000-H341-5
SOURCE:
Committee on Education and the Workforce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Aug. 13, 1999
LENGTH:
iv+127 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1015-A; 1015-B
SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:106-67
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-9165
CIS
DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-67. Hearing in
Waynesboro, Ga., before the Subcom on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families to
examine Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
provisions which limit the disciplinary measures that school districts can take
against disabled children.
Reviews a proposal to require school
districts to expel all students who bring firearms or other weapons to school,
regardless of disability.
Supplementary material (p. 45-127)
includes witnesses' written statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Spec educ students discipline issues
DESCRIPTORS:
GEORGIA;
SPECIAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION REGULATION; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE; PUBLIC SCHOOLS;
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-EDUCATION; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS-EDUCATION; FIREARMS AND FIREARMS CONTROL; WAYNESBORO, GA.;
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT
00-H341-5
TESTIMONY NO: 1 Aug. 13, 1999 p. 6-43, 61-126
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
COPE, JULIAN
(Superintendent, Jasper County Board of Education, Monticello, Ga.)
GRIFFIN, SANDRA L. (Director, Student Services, Burke
County School System, Waynesboro, Ga)
HENCHY, PATRICIA E.
(Principal, Burke County High School, Waynesboro, Ga)
HATCHER, ROBERTA J. (Director, Special Education
Department, Richmond County Board of Education, Augusta, Ga)
OGLESBY, MARY L. (Board Chairman, Richmond County Board of
Education, Augusta, Ga)
SAMPLES, LAMAR (Director, Risk
Management, Emanuel County Public School System, Swainsboro, Ga); accompanied by
NEWTON, MIKE (Director, Special Education, Jasper County
Board of Education, Monticello, Ga)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Views on proposal to allow school districts to expel
disabled students who bring weapons to school; explanation of local school
district needs regarding expanded authority to remove disruptive special
education students from the classroom.
Negative impact of
IDEA on ability of school officials to effectively discipline students with
disabilities; perspectives on school behavior and discipline problems, with
recommendations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Spec
educ students discipline issues
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001
