www.wrightslaw.com

This is a great site! Growing up, Pete Wright had some learning difficulties and went on to become a successful lawyer and now has focused on helping Special Ed kids and their parents. This site explains the laws and your rights in straightforward language while focusing on real world examples and strategies.

www.fetaweb.com

From Emotions to Advocacy. This is the Advocacy portion of the Wright’s Law organization. An excellent source on strategies to advocate for your child including how to hold firm when requesting services and help while maintaining a civil relationship with the other parties. If you do nothing else, surf through these first two sites to get an understanding that there are lots of other folks in the same boat who are struggling with the same issues.

www.doe.k12.de.us/programs/specialed/files/Special%20Education%20Regulations.pdf

The Administrative Manual for Special Education Services (AMSES) has been replaced. The official documentation on the new regulations based on the 2004 reauthorization are the regulations themselves.

www.doe.state.de.us/programs/specialed

Notice of Procedure Safeguards is much shorter (19 pages) than the AMSES and written without the legal terminology. It covers the basics that you need to know such as when you are entitled to an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) that is paid for by the district. Since much of this is tied to the IDEA, it will likely change with the IDEA 2004 legislation. For a copy the Notice of Procedural Safeguards off this web site click here.

legis.delaware.gov

The State of Delaware’s Legislature’s web page. Check on pending legislation, find your legislators without ever having to drive to Dover.

capwiz.com/npta2/issues

National PTA's Issues and Legislation page. From here you can read about upcoming legislation and check the voting record by Bill and Legislator.

www.copaa.org

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates. Lots of legal stuff including a detailed comparison of  the 1997 and 2004 versions of IDEA.

www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/resources/specialed.php

Harvard University's Civil Rights Project's Special Education Tools page. From here there are links to an "action Kit" which leads you through the questions and process to understand and document if there case of discrimination. There are also research topics and related links.

www.edlawrc.com

The  Education Law Resource Center  provides information to help parents, educators and other professionals understand legal requirements and meet student needs. This site contains information and resources about a variety of education law topics including physical restraints in schools, special education, and No Child Left Behind.

www.nhedlaw.com

New Hampshire Education Law site may be geared towards the state of New Hampshire but it has links and information on Federal laws and issues so it is worth checking out.

www.napas.org

National Disabilities Rights Network is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and Client Assistance Programs (CAP) for individuals with disabilities. Collectively, the P&A/CAP network is the largest provider of legally based advocacy services to people with disabilities in the United States.

www.bazelon.org

The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has been a leading legal advocate for people with mental disabilities sponsoring litigation has outlawed institutional abuse and won protections against arbitrary confinement. Their advocacy has opened up public schools, workplaces, housing and other opportunities for people with mental disabilities to participate in community life.

www.dredf.org
Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund is a national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities.

www.nls.org

Neighborhood Legal Services is based in upstate New York State and while it has some information specific to New York state, there is lots of information applicable for all states.

www.directionservice.org/cadre
The Consortium for Approprate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), the National Center on Dispute Resolution, is based in Eugene, Oregon and funded by the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

denver.state.de.us/gov/gacecweb.nsf

The Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens original mandate was to advise the DOE on matters concerning the education of exceptional children. Since 1977, that mandae has expanded to cover other human service needs of exceptional persons of all ages. This type of state advisory council is required by IDEA.

www.state.de.us/ddc/default.shtml

The Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council operates under the umbrella of the National Association of Councils on Developmental  Disabilities. The purpose of the Council is to address the unmet needs of people with developmental disabilities through system-wide advocacy, planning and demonstration projects.

www.law.udc.edu/programs/juvenile/pubs.html

This page from the University of Washington DC Law School has some great articles on Students with Disabilities and the juvenile justice system. It talks about students rights as well as how and why Students with Disabilities are over represented in the juvenile justice system.

www.nichcy.org/stateshe/de.htm

This web page from the National Dissemination Center for Chilren with Disabilities is a good source of information on contacts at key agencies in Delaware.

www.sabeusa.org
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered believes all people should be given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chances to speak up and empower themselves.

www.childadvocacy.org

Voices for America's Children is a nonprofit organization that coordinates a nationwide network of state and local child advocacy organizations in the United States.

www.spedvoters.org

Special Education voters home page. This is a national organization that tracks how the Congress and Senate vote on Special Ed Issues and helps organize and coordinate grassroots efforts.

www.state.de.us/doe_ncc/results.html

New Castle County Department of Elections. Track all kinds of political races, including school board elections.

www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm

The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness's FedLaw section was developed to see if legal resources on the Internet could be a useful and cost-effective research tool for Federal lawyers and other Federal employees. From here, you can get to Federal statutes and regulations related to education and everything else.

thomas.loc.gov
This page from the Library of Congress is names after Thomas Jefferson and allows you to search pending legislation as well as Congressional Committee reports, resolutions and a host of other information.

uscode.house.gov
US House of Representatives site that publishes the US Code - the laws passed by Congress. The statues related to educating children with disabilities is Title 20, Chapter 33. The text of the statues can also be found on a Cornell Law School site. Another index of Federal statues and regulations can be found on the Fedlaw section of the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness website. The US DOE website, has a link to proposed and final regulations.

delcode.delaware.gov/index.shtml