Dyslexia Screening Now Required in New Jersey
As posted by Common Ground on April 22, 2014 Governor Christie has signed a package of bills that will benefit students with reading difficulties. Under [...]
NJDOE and New Jersey Advocates Settle Federal Law Suit
Advocate groups in New Jersey have entered into a settlement agreement with the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) in a seven-year-old law suit intended [...]
New Jersey’s Special Education Program OK’d by Washington
As posted by Common Ground on November 5, 2013 The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) has notified leaders [...]
Lt. Gov. Guadagno visits Phoenix Center in Nutley
Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno recently visited ASAH Member, The Phoenix Center in Nutley, NJ. Her visit and tour prompted the following media coverage of the school and its programs.
Bill Would Outlaw Superintendents’ “Merit Pay Bonuses” for Reducing Special Education Out-of-District Placements
From Specialedfundingnj.org A bi-partisan measure making its way through the New Jersey Assembly would ban a growing practice that has school boards offering “merit pay” [...]
Special Education Task Force Bill Signed By Governor Christie
From Specialedfundingnj.org Bipartisan legislation to establish a task force to improve the funding, delivery and effectiveness of special education programs and services in New Jersey [...]
Special-Needs Students and Poor Kids Hurt by Sequester
Federal funding for education will be cut by 5.1 percent under the Sequester, and it appears Congress may not agree on a new budget for [...]
Obama Budget Offers Little More For Special Education
The NJ Coalition for Special Education Funding Reform has a new post on federal budgeting and spending for special education. The Obama Administration has released [...]
Revisions to ‘Extraordinary Aid’ Program Draw New Questions
John Mooney of NJSpotlight.com is covering recent revisions to the Extraordinary Aid Program, in which the state pays a sizable portion of the costs of [...]
Proposed legislation aims to improve special education process and cost
Parents who placed their autistic daughter in a private school are to be reimbursed tuition and transportation costs after an administrative law judge found that her home school district failed to adequately test the child and provide her with appropriate education.