Field Hearing on Parental Choice: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in Milwaukee, WI, November 16, 1990 |
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Page 58 - No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States, as defined in [29 USC § 706(7)], shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.
Page 162 - I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted...
Page 59 - For the purpose of this subpart, the provision of an appropriate education is the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services that (1) are designed to meet individual educational needs of handicapped persons as adequately as the needs of nonhandicapped persons are met and (ii) are based upon adherence to procedures that satisfy the requirements of §15b.23, §15b.24, and §15b.25.
Page 91 - Such bond may be continuous and shall be conditioned to provide indemnification to any student suffering loss as a result of any fraud or misrepresentation used in procuring his enrollment...
Page 67 - A recipient that operates a public elementary or secondary education program shall provide a free appropriate public education to each qualified handicapped person who is in the recipient's jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the person's handicap.
Page 91 - ... the aggregate liability of the surety for all breaches of the conditions of the bond shall, in no event, exceed the penalty of such bond, and that the surety on the bond shall have the right to cancel such bond upon thirty days...
Page 58 - For the purposes of this section, the term "program or activity" means all of the operations of — (1)(A) a department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or of a local government; or (B) the entity of such State or local government that distributes such assistance and each such department or agency (and each other State or local government...
Page 68 - ... if such children are placed in or referred to such schools or facilities by the State or appropriate local educational agency as the means of carrying out the requirements of this part or any other applicable law requiring the provision of special education and related services to all...
Page 144 - Our guiding principle in the design of a choice system is this: public authority must be put to use in creating a system that is almost entirely beyond the reach of public authority.
Page 73 - USC 1221e-3 and 3474) § 76.654 Benefits for private school students. (a) Comparable benefits. The program benefits that a subgrantee provides for students enrolled in private schools must be comparable in quality, scope, and opportunity for participation to the program benefits that the subgrantee provides for students enrolled in public schools. (b) Same Benefits. If a subgrantee uses funds under a program for public school students in a particular attendance area, or grade or age level, the subgrantee...