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Originally Posted by Dukester
Oh the hypocrisy of it all... It is so refreshing to have a President such as Obama be held accountable. Obama did call the Chairman of the Special Olympics after he mispoke to apologize. Again, you CONservatives just literally crack me up! You keep finding religion it's astonishing. I want to know how well Bush and his administration funded special children/adults or the like programs, please educate me? He didn't  |
George W. Bush:
Date: 2/1/01 10:00AM
My Administration is committed to tearing down these barriers. In that spirit, I am sending to Congress my
"New Freedom Initiative" – an important step forward in disability rights.
These proposals will help ensure that all Americans with disabilities have the tools to use their skills, and make more of their own choices.
The New Freedom Initiative will increase investment in and access to assistive technologies and a quality education, and help integrate Americans with disabilities into the workforce and into community life.
I look forward to working together with Congress to enact these proposals, and to ensure that every American with a disability has access to the American dream.
JAN: Freedom Initiative (http://www.jan.wvu.edu/empl/freedom.htm - broken link)
President Bush signs ADA amendments
On Sept. 25, President George W. Bush signed landmark civil rights legislation that extended the reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He was joined by his father, President George H.W. Bush, who signed the original ADA Act in 1990. Andrew Imparato, the president of the American Association of People with Disabilities, called this “the most important piece of disability legislation since the enactment of the ADA in 1990.”
Court says NCLB trumps special education law
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has its good sides and bad sides. In one discouraging development, a
federal appeals court in Chicago in February ruled that mandates under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act “must give way” to the provisions of NCLB since it is a newer law. Two Illinois school districts and four families had claimed that NCLB’s testing requirements conflicted with the mandate for individualized education programs. The districts has missed targets for progress largely because of poor performance by students with disabilities, which NCLB says has be counted in efforts to hold schools accountable. The National Council on Disability released a
report (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2008/NoChildLeftBehind_IDEA_Progress_Report.html - broken link) in January 2008 saying NCLB has benefited students with special needs.
http://specialneeds08.blogspot.com/2008/12/special-needs-year-in-review.html
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