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Subj: THE SPECIAL ED ADVOCATE, JUNE
16, 1999
Date: 6/16/99 6:37:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: webmaster@wrightslaw.com (Pam and Pete Wright)
Sender: owner-special-ed-advocate@wrightslaw.com
To: special-ed-advocate@wrightslaw.com
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The Special Ed Advocate
The Online Newsletter About
Special Education and the Law
June 16, 1999
Visit us today at:
http://www.wrightslaw.com
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The Special Ed Advocate is a free online newsletter about special education legal issues,
cases, tactics and strategy, effective educational methods, and Internet links.
Yesterday, we published an edition of The Special Ed Advocate newsletter. Several readers
wrote to advise us about an error. We omitted the article “IDEA AMENDED AGAIN.
This newsletter includes “IDEA AMENDED AGAIN” and an update on COPAA.
As a subscriber to The Special Ed Advocate, you receive announcements and
"alerts" about new cases and other events. Contact, copyright, and subscription
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THE SPECIAL ED ADVOCATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 1999
1. IDEA AMENDED AGAIN
2. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR 3rd ANNUAL COPAA CONFERENCE: BRING A FRIEND
TO TEXAS!
3. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
4. CONTACT INFORMATION
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1. IDEA AMENDED AGAIN
EdFlex (the Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999) was passed by Congress last
month. EdFlex modified a discipline provision in the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA).
The word "possesses" was added to 1415(k)(1)(A)(ii)(I) which now reads "the
child carries or possesses a weapon to or at school, on school premises, or to or at a
school function under the jurisdiction of a State or a local educational agency."
Several Democrats objected to this amendment, saying IDEA should not be amended and that
amending the law opened " a can of worms” The Final IDEA Regulations (released
in March 1999) included the word "possesses."
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2. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR 3rd ANNUAL COPAA CONFERENCE: BRING A FRIEND TO TEXAS!
WHAT? The 3rd Annual COPAA Conference will be held in Houston Texas.
WHEN? On March 3-5, 2000.
WHERE? Adam's Mark Hotel in Houston has been selected to host the
conference.
WHO? COPAA is the acronym for The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates. COPAA is an
independent, nonprofit organization of attorneys, advocates and parents established to
improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with
disabilities.
COPAA is soliciting proposals for this conference.
For more information about COPAA - how to join, membership benefits, news, and more, go to
the COPAA web site at
http://www.copaa.net/
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4. CONTACT INFORMATION
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