Back To School On Civil Rights Advancing The Federal Commitment To Leave No Child Behind

An independent analyses of Federal enforcement of civil rights laws. Looks at more than two decades of Federal monitoring & enforcement of compliance with Part B of IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act). Federal efforts to enforce the law have been inconsistent & ineffective. Failures to ensure local compliance with requirements continue to be widespread & persist over many years. Enforcement of the law is too often the burden of parents who must invoke formal complaint procedures & request due process hearings to obtain the services & supports to which their children are entitled under law. Includes recommendations for the Administration & Congress that would build on the 1997 reauthorization of IDEA. Tables.West, Jane is the author of 'Back To School On Civil Rights Advancing The Federal Commitment To Leave No Child Behind', published 2000 under ISBN 9780756710064 and ISBN 0756710065.