NASDSE Documents, Statements and Letters

Tier 1
(These are issue areas where NASDSE strives to move its own agenda, often in collaboration with other organizations and partners.)

• IDEA implementation/reauthorization
  
• NCLB implementation/reauthorization (includes assessment, mental health, RtI, PBS, UDL initiatives)
  
• FY 09 appropriations
  
• Medicaid
  
• Autism (federal interagency coordinating council work and state initiatives)

Tier 2
(These are issue areas where NASDSE may take a leading role or follow the lead of other organizations and partners.)

• Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (Voc Rehab)
  
• Reauthorization of the Higher Ed Act (includes model programs with students with intellectual disabilities)
  
• Voucher legislation (including state initiatives)
  
• Mental health parity
  
• Respite care

Tier 3
(These are issue areas we keep on the radar screen in action is needed.)

• Early childhood issues
  
• Emergency preparedness
  
• Transportation
  
• Gifted and Talented education
  
• Burden of proof issues (are SEAs legislating alternatives to the Schaefer v. Weist Supreme Court decision?)