Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Sections 631–641

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Letter

January 2, 2001 Dear Colleagues: One of the founding precepts of the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council (FICC) was and  continues to be the meaningful involvement of family members at all levels of policy and service delivery planning. 

Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
SECTION OF IDEA: Miscellaneous

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Letter

January 8, 2001 Dear Colleagues: We are writing to share with you the attached document regarding multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) developed by the Arizona Technology Access Program, an Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) funded program. The document provides information that should increase awareness and understanding of MCS.

Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Participation in Assessments
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility

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Letter

January 12, 2001 MEMORANDUM TO: _ FROM:

_	Chief State School Officers State Directors of Special Education State Assessment Directors State Title I Directors
	Michael Cohen /s/ Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary EducationJudith E.

Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Schoolwide Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 613—Local Educational Agency Eligibility

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Letter

January 12, 2001 Dear Colleagues: This letter is being jointly issued by the U. S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs and the Compensatory Education Programs office.

Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Participation in Assessments
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility

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Letter

January 17, 2001 Contact Persons

Name: Dave Malouf Telephone: (202) 205-8111 Name: JoLeta Reynolds Telephone: (202) 205-5507

 OSEP 01-06 MEMORANDUM TO: _ FROM:

x	State Directors of Special Education Parent Training and Information Centers Community Parent Resource Centers Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
	Judith E.

Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Sections 631–641

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Letter

January 17, 2001 James T. Sears, M.D.
Executive Director
TRICARE Management Activity
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
Health Affairs
Skyline Five, Suite 810
5111 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041-3206 Dear Dr.

Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility

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Letter

January 19, 2001 Dear x: Your letter of June 29, 2000 to Mr. Burkhardt has been forwarded to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) for response.

Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Participation in Assessments
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility

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Letter

January 19, 2001 Dear x: This is in response to your letters to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) regarding obtaining accommodations for certain portions of general State and district-wide assessments of x, as well as more general concerns that you have about the participation of students with disabilities in State and district-wide assessments in Florida.

Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611—Authorization; Allotment; Use of Funds; Authorization of Appropriations

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Letter

February 13, 2001 Honorable Richard S. Cross
Commissioner of Education
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
801 West 10^th Street, Suite 200
Juneau, Alaska 99801-1984

Audit Control No.

Summary

TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611—Authorization; Allotment; Use of Funds; Authorization of Appropriations

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Letter

March 13, 2001 CERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Honorable J. Duke Albanese
Commissioner of Education
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 Reference: Audit Control Number 01-99-08498 Title of Audit: Single Audit Report Dear Commissioner Albanese: This letter presents the program determination by the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, United States Department of Education, for the above entitled audit of the Maine Department of Education (MDE) for the Fiscal Year 1999.