National Web Sites
Related to Federal Constitution, Legislation, Laws, Regulations and Court Decisions
- Current Laws, Regulations and Court Decisions:
- Final Part B Regulations of the IDEA (PDF, Outside Source)
The official copy was published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2006. - Search the United States Code (Outside Source)
Contains the text of current public laws enacted by Congress. The U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library Web Site provides electronic access to special education related U.S. Code -20 U.S.C. 1400-1486. - Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) (Outside Source)
Contains the text of public regulations issued by the agencies of the Federal government. Proposed regulations and regulations issued so recently that they are not yet in the CFR database, may be found in the Federal Register link on this site. - Education
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) (Outside Source)
Provides administrative regulations that are essential to recipients' understanding of discretionary grants cooperative agreements - Federal
Court Decisions (Outside Source)
Searchable database site of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Federal Circuit Court opinions and 9th Circuit Court (which includes California)
- Final Part B Regulations of the IDEA (PDF, Outside Source)
- Congressional & Legislative Information:
- A
Guide to the U.S. Congress (Outside Source)
Provides access to a complete and reliable directory of information about the members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and their respective committee assignments. This is a great Congressional general information web site. - Search
U.S. Legislation (Outside Source)
"Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet" provides top-level search capability for each Congress (103-108). Each legislative database (Bill Summary & Status, Bill Text, Congressional Record Text, Congressional Record Index, and Committee Reports) is designed to reduced scrolling and increase information retrieval. - The
White House (Outside Source)
The home page of the White House contains useful Executive Branch information and web links to "Commonly Requested Federal Services"
- A
Guide to the U.S. Congress (Outside Source)
- Special Education Related Resources & Information:
- Special
Education Related National Publications (Outside Source)
Limited free access to several publications. This is a commercial web site by LRP. - U.S.
Department Of Education (Outside Source)
Provides news, products and services, research documents, teacher guides, curricular resources and networking projects, and links to National Educational Associations and Organizations
- Special
Education Related National Publications (Outside Source)
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Federal Register, Office
of Management & Budget (OMB) Circulars:
- Federal
Register (Outside Source)
Provides a uniform system for the public to access regulations and legal notices issued by federal agencies plus a written discussion of proposed regulation and includes public comments, objections, and the federal agency's responses - Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) (Outside Source)
Provides comprehensive information on grants and other forms of assistance available from programs across the branches of federal government. In addition, CFDA provides a wealth of information on relevant topics, including grant proposal writing. - Office of Management & Budget (OMB) Circulars (Outside Source)
- U.S.
Government Printing Office (Outside Source)
Publications are available for purchase through the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) by phone, fax, or mail
- Federal
Register (Outside Source)
California Web Sites
Related to the Constitution, Laws, Regulations and Legislation
- Laws (Outside Source)
California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes. To display the Table of Contents for a code, select a code and click on Search. At this site one can find useful information including a Guide for Accessing California Legislative Information on the Internet (Outside Source) and much more - Search California Statutes (Outside Source)
- Search California Constitution (Outside Source)
- Code of Regulations
(Outside Source)
The California Code of Regulation, Title 9 and Title 22 (Departments of Mental Health, Developmental Services, Health Services, Rehabilitation, Employment Development, Licensing of Community Care Facilities et al.) is maintained and updated weekly by Office of Administrative Law - Special
Education Programs: A Composite of Laws Database (Outside Source)
Education Code, Part 30, Other Related Laws and California Code of Regulations, Title 5
Legislative Information
- Governor's Office (Outside Source)
- State Government Home Page (Outside Source)
Link to all of the California State Government web sites - State Assembly (Outside Source)
- Legislative
Analyst Office (Outside Source)
The LAO provides fiscal and policy advice to the Legislature and nonpartisan analyses of the state's budget - Department of Finance (Outside Source)
Special Education Resource Links for Families and Professionals
Note: The California Department of Education does not control the contents of web site links provided. How current, comprehensive and relevant the data, on outside sites, is the responsibility of that web site's administrator. If you have concerns, questions or requests, contact the web administrator of the site visited.
- ABLEDATA (Outside Source)
A free, public service that includes a database of assistive technologies and "hotlinks" to other useful web sites. Those clients who have access to the Internet and serve individuals with disability will find this web site valuable. - Access
Center (Outside Source)
Provides technical assistance to help students with disabilities effectively learn in the general education curriculum. - Association
of California School Administrators (ACSA) (Outside Source)
Mission is to support California's educational leaders, ensure all students have the essential skills and knowledge needed to excel and champion public education - AskERIC (Outside Source)
An award-winning, Internet-based, education information service of the ERIC System, headquartered at the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Information & Technology at Syracuse University. Because AskERIC is also a Sun SITE repository, AskERIC is able to expand the quality and quantity of its resources and services to the education community. - Association
of University Centers on Disabilities (formerly the American
Association of University Affiliated Programs for Persons with
Developmental Disabilities) (Outside Source)
Promotes and supports the national network of university centers on disabilities, which also includes Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Programs and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (DDRC) - California
Association of Resource Specialists and Special Education Teachers
(CARS+) (Outside Source)
An educational association dedicated to the support of all special educators - California
Association of School Psychologists (CASP) (Outside Source)
Mission is to secure and sustain programs that support the profession of school psychology, provide educational and professional needs of school psychologists, advance public awareness about the contributions of school psychologists, and enable individual school psychologists to function effectively in the schools and communities in which they serve. - California Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (CSHA) (Outside Source)
A professional organization of speech-language pathologists and audiologists advancing services to children and adults with communication and related disorders. - California
State Library (Outside Source)
The State Library stands as one of California's great public research institutions with a five-fold mission: serving the needs of elected officials and state agency employees; preserving the state's cultural heritage by collecting historic materials on California and the West; assisting public libraries through financial aid and consulting services; offering special services to disadvantaged and handicapped clients; and, ensuring that the general public has convenient and consistent access to its resources. The State Library is also a partner in CERES (California Environmental Resources Evaluation System) (Outside Source) of the California Resources Agency, with its extensive data documents and images on the natural resources of the state. - Center for
Special Education Finance (CSEF) (Outside Source)
Addresses fiscal policy questions related to the delivery and support of special education services throughout the United States. CSEF will conduct the first comprehensive, nationally representative study of special education spending to be undertaken in more than a decade - Council
for Exceptional Children (CEC) (Outside Source)
The largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically underserved individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice. - California Early Start (Outside Source)
The California Department of Developmental Services plans, develops, implements, and monitors the statewide early intervention services system in collaboration with the California Department of Education - Disability
Benefits 101 (Outside Source)
The World Disability Institute, the Department of Rehabilitation and a number of other organizations have put together an excellent resource for persons with disabilities and agencies that advocate for persons with disabilities about all the in's and out's of benefits available to them - DisabilityInfo.gov (Outside Source)
One-stop source of disability-related information and programs available across the government relevant to people with disabilities and their families - Impact (Outside Source)
A California non-profit volunteer organization of parents, teachers and professionals united in the task of getting quality education for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, support and early intervention for families, information and education for parents - Learning Disabilities
Association of California (Outside Source)
A 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer organization of parents, professionals, and adults with learning disabilities. Its purpose is to promote and support the education and general welfare of children and adults of potentially normal intelligence who manifest learning, perceptual, and/or behavioral disabilities - National
Center on Student Progress Monitoring (Outside Source)
Providing information and technical assistance to implement progress monitoring for students in the elementary grades - National
Center to Improve Practice in Special Education (NCIP) (Outside Source)
Seeks to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities by promoting the effective use of assistive and instructional technologies among educators and related personnel serving these students. In order to accomplish this goal, NCIP is creating a national community of educators--technology coordinators, staff developers, teachers, specialists, clinicians, administrators, university faculty, advocates and consumers--who play a leading role in promoting and implementing assistive and instructional technologies for students with disabilities at a local, regional or national level. - National
Center to Improve the Tools of Educators (NCITE) (Outside Source)
To advance the quality and effectiveness of technology, media, and materials for individuals with disabilities. - National
Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (Outside Source)
Funded by the US Department of Labor to assist the workforce development community in addressing issues affecting the employment of people with disabilities. The site contains useful information and resources for youth with disabilities and their families, service providers and other front line workers, administrators, policy makers, and employers. - Organization
of Area Boards (Outside Source)
The Area Board Offices of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities endeavors to compile information to assist individuals with developmental disabilities, families, providers, advocates, and others to access the area boards and remain informed on issues affecting persons with developmental disabilities, both at the California State and national levels. The goal of this Web Site is to provide access and timely information about the Area Boards on Developmental Disabilities and related issues. - Western
Regional Resource Center (WRRC) (Outside Source)
Supports Region 6 State Education Agencies in their task of ensuring quality programs and services for children with disabilities and their families. WRRC support is intended to improve the policies, programs, and practices in each SEA. Selected web site addresses (URLs) (Outside Source) and a brief description of the service offered at each site are listed. Each site contains multiple "clickable" locations that will get you to other sources. For example, the Disability-Related Resources WEB Site can access EDLAW, Federal legislation, U.S. Department of Education, and so forth. While you will find that it is fun to "surf" the WEB, it is also equally reassuring that a bookmark set at Disability-Related Resources may be all that's required for your particular information needs. These addresses, their links, and the links from WRRC's home page offer you a new, fast, and colorful resource for information searches.
