ASAH President Dr. Dorothy VanHorn has been elected Chairperson of the State Special Education Advisory Council. The purpose of the advisory council is to provide [...]
As posted by Common Ground on April 22, 2014 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed a new law that would allow a child who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]