Statutes and Legislation

• Increased Student Achievement through Increased Student Support Act (H.R. 6654/S.3364)
  • Increased Student Achievement through Increased Student Support Act (H.R. 6654/S.3364)
  • Statement - Dixie Bryson
  • Statement - Judith Wicker
  • Press Release from Representative Town’s Office, July 30, 2008
  • Press Release from Senator Lincoln’s Office, July 30, 2008
  • Talking Points
• Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA)
  • OSEP's IDEA website
• Elementary and Secondary Act/No Child Left Behind (ESEA/NCLB)
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
  • No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
  • Final Regulations: 2 Percent Flexibility for Assessing Students With Disabilities
  • Final Regulations: Title I
• NCLB Reauthorization
  • NASP Comments/Recommendations on Reauthorization of NCLB
  • School-Based Mental Health Services and School-Wide Interventions - remarks by Rivka Olley
  • School-Based Mental Health Services and School-Wide Interventions - remarks by John Desrochers
  • Advocacy in Action: Congressional Briefing: School-Based Mental Health Services and School-Wide Interventions
• Other Federal Programs Providing Mental Health Services
  • Medicaid
    • The Role of Federal Programs: Medicaid, SCHIP, and Medicare (Bazelon Center for MH Policy Brief)
  • SCHIP
• Section 504
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
  • New — U.S. DOE/HHS Guidance on the Intersection of FERPA and HIPAA in Schools
• Safe and Drug Free Schools Program (SDFS)
• Safe Schools, Healthy Students Program
• Locate the specific text of any federal statute or proposed legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov
• Legislative Alerts:
  • Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
  • Mental Health in the Schools Act of 2007 - August 17, 2007
  • Addressing Barriers to Learning - August 27, 2007
  • Archives