Task

You've just applied for a job as an assistant to a senior researcher who works for the Department of Education. The researcher wants you to be able to read and absorb information quickly, and to be facile at using the World Wide Web to locate data about Public Laws related to Accessibility Technology and Disabilities. To eliminate the non-serious applicants, she has created a scavenger hunt. The winner of the hunt will be her first choice for the job. Are you ready to take this challenge?

Resources

Here are some sites that might contain the information you need to answer the questions:

http://www.scn.org/~bk269/94-142.html

http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/95school_1.html

http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/
Specific/Disability/Government/Legislation/pubp999999

http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/1a

http://www.edst.purdue.edu/lloyd/Course/540-562/PL-105-17.html

QUESTIONS

1. Which law required states to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to all children and mandated an individualized education program (IEP) for every student with a disability?

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2. Both the Public Law 94-142 Education for All Handicapped Children Act and the Public Law 101-476 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) require that students with disabilities be placed in the least restrictive placement (LRE) as possible. What does LRE mean? Please explain in your own words.

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3. According to ________________________________Act, in developing each child’s IEP, the IEP team, must consider whether the child requires assistive technology devices and services.

4. This Public Law provides financial assistance to states on a competitive grant basis, to plan and implement a consumer responsive system of technology services for individuals of all ages with disabilities. Unlike already existing public programs, this federal initiative represents the first time Congress targeted new public resources exclusively to expand access to assistive technology. What is the name of this Act?

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5. Which law reaffirmed PL 94-147, the Education of the handicapped Act’s requirements of a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) through an individualized education program (IEP) and replaced the word "handicapped" to "disabled”?

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Created by Yesim Yilmazel-Sahin