NSBA believes IDEA can be modernized according to the following principals: foster collaboration and trusting relationships between families and schools; reduce complex compliance - driven processes and redirect efforts within IDEA procedures to improving teaching and learning; and provide full funding of
the federal share of IDEA investments.
Not exact matches
The
idea is that Disproportionate
Share Hospital dollars, a pool
of federal money, would flow toward hospitals that treat more uninsured and Medicaid patients.
My interpretation: The
idea of federal accountability remains popular, the title No Child Left Behind is not popular, yet a good
share of the public is willing to support re-enactment
of some kind
of change in the law.
NSBA believes increasing the
federal share of funding for education, in particular the
IDEA mandate from 1975, as well as funding to address the requirements from Title I and the No Child Left Behind Act.
There are three major formula fund categories that traditionally account for the lion's
share of federal education funding — Title I, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (
IDEA), and Title II.
They
share concerns that President Obama's FY13 budget request emphasizes funding for new competitive grant programs at the expense
of investments in cornerstone
federal K — 12 programs like Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (
IDEA).
«NSBA fully supports the
IDEA Full Funding Act, and applauds its focus on creating a long - term, 10 - year plan that will adequately fund the
federal share of costs for special education.
NSBA urges full funding
of the
federal share of investments in
IDEA, along with provisions to improve efficiency and effectiveness
of the program for both students and schools.
«The bulk
of the
federal money through Title I for low - income children and through
IDEA for disabled youngsters should follow the students to whatever school they choose so that eligible pupils, through open enrollment, can bring their
share of the funding with them,» according to the party platform.
After 30 years
of proven success, creating an efficient, effective infrastructure for
sharing ideas, the National Writing Project (NWP) was cut from the
federal budget by the U.S. Congress.
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (
IDEA), which provides the major source
of federal funding to help school districts fund educational services to students with disabilities, the
federal share of funding that Congress initially promised in 1975 is up to 40 percent
of the average per pupil expenditure.
At those talks, in Milan in 2003, Mr. Watson listed a variety
of initiatives begun by states and communities, which he said were like «laboratories where new and creative
ideas and methods can be applied and
shared with others and inform
federal policy — a truly bottom - up approach to addressing global climate change.»
Listing a variety
of initiatives begun by states and communities, Dr. Watson said they were like «laboratories where new and creative
ideas and methods can be applied and
shared with others and inform
federal policy, a truly bottom - up approach to addressing global climate change.»
They also
shared their
ideas on what the role and responsibility
of the
federal government is in the revitalization effort.