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California Department of Education
http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/
California Department of Education – Special Education Division
http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/
California Special Education Programs: A Composite of Laws Database – Searchable database of
Education Code, Part 30, Other Related and California Code of Regulations, Title 5
http://www.otan.us/laws_search/lawsrch.taf
Legislative Updates
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/legsup/legsup.htm
Bills introduced in California Legislature
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/legsup/related_billsCA.pdf
Regulations Related to Special Education
Aligning existing regulations to IDEA
http://www.cde.ca.gov/branch/sed/propregs.htm
California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/capa/index.htm
California Advisory Commission on Special Education meeting minutes
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/acs e/acseindx.htm
State and National Links Related to Constitution, Laws, Regulations, Legislation and Court Decisions
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/ilinks/htm
The Special EDge Newsletter
Spanish version added
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/spec_edge/specnws.htm
California Special Education Programs Hearing Office
Due Process Hearing Information and Request Form
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/seho/duproc-reqst.htm
California Special Education Programs Hearing Office
Mediation Only Information and Request Form
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/seho/mediatn-rqst.htm
Coordinated Compliance Review, Self Review, Special Education – Instructions and documents for
planning and conducting each of the review activities
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/ccr_sr_02/ccrsrdoc.htm
California Certified Nonpublic, Nonsectarian Schools and Agencies Database – Directories of services
provided by nonpublic, nonsectarian schools and agencies
http://www.otan.us/npsa/npsa_search.taf
California Early Start
http://www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/ma in/ESHome.cfm
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California Services for Technical Training and Assistance
http://www.calstat.org/
Center for Special Education Finance
http://csef.air.org/
Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Technology
http://csef.air.org/
Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.ece.sped.org/
Final Regulations for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1997
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/idea_fnl.htm
Information on Assistive Technology and Disability Issues
http://www.abledata.com/text2/welcome.htm
National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/nichcypubs.htm
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/
Office of Special Education Programship
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/
San Mateo County Office of Education
http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/Index.html/
Schwab Learning Foundation
http://www.schwablearning.org/index.asp
Sonoma County Office of Education (go to “Reading” link for Kevin Feldman)
www.scoe.org
Electronic Accessibility and Assistive Technology Links
The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP)
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/ - Provides a variety of resources focusing on the use of technology to enhance
learning for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social and emotional disabilities.
The National Rehabilitation Information Center
http://www.naric.com/ - Provides online databases that include research, literature, organizations, and other
information pertaining to disability and rehabilitation.
The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam/ - Provides information on existing and developing technologies
that create access in public broadcasting and how these technologies can be used to make media more
accessible in schools.
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National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research
http://www.ncddr.org - Provides access to disability and rehabilitation research and information, including
funding opportunities, state technology assistance projects, and technology for access and functionality.
Alliance for Technology Access
http://www.ataccess.org - Provides information and support services on the use of assistive and information
technologies for persons with disabilities.
Generating Assistive Technology Systemically
http://www.genasys.usm.maine.edu/ - Provides information on assistive technology and web accessibility
particularly pertinent for pre-service educators.
CAST
http://www.cast.org - Perhaps best known for Bobby, the web-based tool that analyzes websites for
accessibility to persons with disabilities, CAST also provides other resources, including research, learning
models and tools.
Autism/Asperger Links
http://www.mindinstitute.org
http://www.asperger.org
http://www.autism.com/ari
http://www.autism-society.org
http://www.canfoundation.org
http://www.udel.edu.bkirby/asperger
http://www.firstsigns.org
http://www.autismtoday.com
http://www.aspennj.org
http://www.autism.org
http://www.unc.edu/-cory/autism-info
http://www.naar.org
Internet Bookstores with ASD Specialty
http://www.SpecialNeeds.com
http://www.autismbooks.com
http://www.autismsociety-nc.org
ASD Parent Resources and Support
http://www.maapservices.org
http://www.patientcenters.com/autism/news/stress_family.html
http://www.faaas.org
http://www.our-kids.org
Intervention Resources for Autism Spectrum Disorders
http://www.wrightslaw.com (Special Education laws)
http://www.do2learn.com
http://www.mayer-johnson.com
http://www.ldonline.org
http://www.difflearn.com
http://www.inspiraton.org
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Information on Related Disorders
http://www.nldline.com (Nonverbal Learning Disabilities)
http://www.chadd.org (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder)
http://www.ldanatl.org (Learning Disabilities Association of America)
http://www.thearc.org (Association for Retarded Citizens, ARC)
http://www.fragilex.org (Fragile X Syndrome)
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Federal Laws and Regulations
This document is a complete curriculum package covering the California FEDCAP areas.
Seven curriculum areas are presented in text and overhead format, covering: (a) History
& Background; (b) Concept of FAPE; (c) Concept of LRE; (d) IEP’s; (e) Individual
evaluation/re-evaluation and state/district assessment; (f) Transition Services; (g) Due
process procedures; and (h) Complaints management.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 link to
http://www.ideapractices.org/lawandregs.htm (reauthorized law, June '97)
This document consists of the actual policy text of the recently reauthorized IDEA. All
sections and subsections of the legislation are available for review and analysis. Part B is
the primary section of the law of interest to special education personnel as it delineates
federal policy guiding work with children with disabilities. Part C spells out federal
policy for children in the 0-3-age range.
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Final Federal Regulations guiding the implementation of IDEA 97 at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/idea_fnl.htm (34 CFR Parts 300 and 303: Assistance to States for the
Education of Children with Disabilities and the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with
Disabilities).
The final regulations for IDEA 97 provide specific guidance for school and district level personnel
regarding the implementation of this federal policy. The regulations provide useful examples for
implementing policy areas of concern to special education personnel and parents of children with
disabilities.
Official Memoranda from the State Director of Special Education
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Notice of Sanctions for
Noncompliance at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/ofclmem/om041800.htm
This memo, dated April 18, 2000 clarifies California Department of Education intention
to implement appropriate sanctions as a means to ensure compliance with required
corrective actions.
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Differential Proficiency Standards and the High School Exit Exam
at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/ofclmem/om031400.htm
This memo, dated March 14, 2000 clarifies the requirement that each student completing grade 12
must successfully pass a high school exit examination as a condition of receiving a diploma of
graduation or a condition of graduation from high school. The exit examination shall be offered to
individuals with exceptional needs in accordance with the requirements of state and federal law,
with appropriate accommodations, where necessary.
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Absence Policies at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/ofclmem/om030499.htm
This memo, dated March 4, 1999 provides the latest State Department guidance regarding the
application of absence policies with regard to reimbursements for nonpublic school and agency
services by local contracting agencies.
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Assistive Technology for all Individuals with Disabilities at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/ofclmem/om082498.htm
This memo, dated August 24, 1998 clarifies basic requirements regarding the consideration and
provision of assistive technology and services to each individual with a disability; and provides
clarification and assistance in effectively addressing these requirements.
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Special Education and Related Services Required to Ensure a Free Appropriate Public
Education at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/ofclmem/om072898.htm
This memo, dated July 28, 1998, provides the latest State Department guidance concerning
required Related Services in the provision of FAPE to children with disabilities.
Individual Evaluation and Related Focus
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Guidelines for Individual Evaluation of California Students with Disabilities (Birth Through
Age Twenty-one), March 1999 at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/evalguid.htm
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide information on the initial evaluation and
reevaluation of individuals with disabilities.
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A Parent Guide to Achievement Testing at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/prntgui.pdf
This guide answers questions about the tests that students take in school to measure
achievement. These are not tests to determine eligibility for special services, but tests that
all students take.
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Guidelines for Including Students with Disabilities in Regular State and District-wide
Assessments (2000) at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/assess.htm
This update to last year's General Assessment Guidelines provides suggestions for
including students with disabilities in statewide and district-wide assessments.
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Alternative Assessment Guidelines (2000) at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/altassmt.htm
This document provides guidelines for alternative assessment of students with disabilities
who cannot participate in regular statewide and district-wide assessments.
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Draft Alternate Assessment Survey at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/altaform.htm
A draft of the web-based form that will be used, beginning no later than July 1, 2000, to
collect the alternate assessment data for children with more significant disabilities, who
cannot participate in statewide assessments.
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Guidelines for the Promotion and Retention of Special Education Students
at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/prmortnt.htm
Guidance and suggestions for implementing new legislation prohibiting "social"
promotion from grade level to grade level and how this legislation affects students with
disabilities.
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Suspension/Expulsion Handbook at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/susex.pdf
A tool to develop district procedures for disciplining students with disabilities.
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
IEP Checklist at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/iepcheck.htm
Contents and process checklist consistent with IDEA ’97 and the final federal regulations.
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IEP Fact Sheet at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/iep.htm
This fact sheet provides the new requirements for Individualized Education Program (IEP) team
members and the required IEP content from Section 1414(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education (IDEA) of 1997.
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Sample IEP Forms at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/iepsmpl/iepsmpl.htm
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Forms used by the North Region Special Education Local Plan Area in San Diego County
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Practical Questions To Guide IEP Development link
to http://interact.uoregon.edu/wrrc/IEP/IEPquestions.htm
A guide that brings together the student, parents, and others to decide what, when, and how the
student will receive services.
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Transition Requirements Checklist link to http://interact.uoregon.edu/wrrc/IEP/IEPchek98.htm
Checklist corresponding to specific sections of the IDEA 97 and existing regulations
related to the transition requirements.
Procedural Safeguards
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Special Education Rights for Parents and
Children at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/prnrts_ps.pdf
Notice of Procedural Safeguards, March 2000 version.
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Parents' Rights: A Brief Summary of Procedural
Safeguards at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/prntrght.pdf
An abbreviated summary of procedural safeguards under federal and state laws.
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How to File a Complaint at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/cmplain2.htm
Guidelines for conducting local investigations and a format for reporting local resolution
of compliance complaints.
Additional Resources
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California Special Education Programs: A Composite of Laws at http://www2.sacco.
k12.ca.us:591/Laws_search/
Database (Updated on 01/01/00) includes Education Code - Part 30, Other Related Laws,
and California Code of Regulations - Title 5. The California Composite of Laws
document is available in a searchable database on the Special Education Division's web
site. A limited number of copies of this publication are available at no charge from the
Publications Division, Sales Office, California Department of Education, P.O. Box 271,
Sacramento, CA 95812-0271.
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California Links Related to State Constitution, Laws, Regulations and
Legislation at http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/ilinks.htm
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