Meeting:
IDEIA 2004: Standing Up for the Rights of
Our Children With Disabilities!
Thursday, May 26,
6:30 – 8:15 pm
Mary Jacobs Library, 64 Washington St., Rocky Hill, NJ
08553
Library Phone: (609) 924-7073 (For meeting info call 908-881-5275)
Meeting Press Release
PLEASE RSVP NOW BY E-MAILING
ADVOCATE@STUDENTADVOCATE-NJ.ORG or calling 908-881-5275.
Presentations by education and student
advocates and organizers.
Topics:
What do we as special needs families and our children have to lose if we do
nothing in the face of pending changes in NJ special education law due to IDEIA
2004? What can we do about it?
Petition Drive in Motion with 500 Signatures and Counting . . . .
to stand up and be counted, click here:
http://studentadvocate-nj.org/IDEIA2004_Petition.htm
Brief overview of 11 points of petition and why they are important with questions and answers.
We have nearly 500 signatures on the petition to protect the rights of children with disabilities and their parents. We need to develop a strategy to move the petition base from counting by the hundreds into counting by the thousands. Let’s organize all 215,000 NJ special needs families!
The petition drive was initiated and has been largely coordinated by APIECE. While many others have participated in promotion and otherwise support for the effort, we want to broaden the participation and ownership of the effort so that we can truly accomplish the goal of mobilizing the entire state around this effort. Hopefully a “committee of petitioners” and a larger base of active promoters of the petition can be galvanized.
Activating the Petitioner Base:
Those who sign the petition at the website are also volunteering for various tasks including letter writing, further promotion of the petition, to solicit support from their organization etc. A mechanism of phone bankers is needed to organized follow up calls to petitioners to assure that they are following through on their tasks and to see what other efforts they might be willing to support. Ideally we would call the petitioners once a month or every other month. The calls would be brief – unless you decide to talk longer – and the amount of time requested for phone banking would be minimal. The follow up with petitioners needs to be organized.
Other petition tasks:
A means to organize outreach to media, organizations, potential signers, etc. to
more thoroughly communicate to the whole state of special needs families about
the need to struggle around these issues is needed. We will discuss and
brainstorm how to organize and coordinate the statewide effort.
PLEASE RSVP BY E-MAILING ADVOCATE@STUDENTADVOCATE-NJ.ORG or calling 908-881-5275 IF
Think you want to attend this meeting or you are interested in the outcome of the meeting but can not attend
Meeting Sponsor: The Student Advocate Website http://StudentAdvocate-NJ.org
A project of A Parents Initiative for Every Child’s Educationhttp://APIECENJ.org
Driving Directions:
The Mary Jacobs Library is located on Route 518 (Washington St) in Rocky Hill,
one third of a mile from the intersection of Routes 206 and 518. From
Somerville, go south on Route 206 about 12 miles and turn left onto Route 518.
The library is on the left side of Washington St. From Princeton, go north on
Route 206 and turn right onto Route 518. From New Brunswick, proceed south about
10 miles on Route 27 and bear right onto Route 518 shortly after Kendall Park.
Drive about three miles to Rocky Hill and turn right at the library.
[ Those using public transportation would need to take a train to Princeton and
then the "Dingy" train to downtown Princeton. Arrangements with us in
advance for a pick up from the Dingy station would be necessary as well.
Call or write to the above addresses if that is needed for your attendance. ]
Ask the Advocate
NJ Complaint Form (MS Word)
(PDF)
On Line Public Hearing on IDEIA 2004
Survey on NJ OSEP Complaint
Process
Past Activities
IEP Wkshp
Rec. Programs for
those w/ Disabilities
An Evening of Educational Advocacy
September 8, 2005 Edison, NJ
What The Student Advocate Has Done for Our Children
Lately . . .
NJ IDEIA 2004 Organizing Committee
Minutes of IDEIA 2004 meeting on Thu., May
26
Student Rights Radio
Discussion, October 31
Effort to
Reach Gubernatorial Hopefuls and Acting Governor / Candidates
IDEA: An Update
Dec. 5, 2005
Middletown
January 18,
2006: Hold a Candle Light for Our Children's Rights
50 Strong For Our
Children
No. Jersey Radio Interview Aired, 1/22
Petitioning for Rights Children: Legal in Princeton
Interview on NJ IDEIA Rights
- Racial Disparities in Sp-Ed
Call
is Heard in Montgomery Twp: Inclusive Recreation
NJSAU Minutes 2/18/2006
Playing and Singing for
Our Rights, 4/1/6
Better IDEA Laws for Special Education
Students?
Better IEPs? Anything is Possible!
April
1 Report: Student Advocacy Union - Fundraising Concert
Mobilization for Rights
of Our Children, May 17, 2006, Trenton
Nationwide Internet Radio Rally for Sp-Ed Parent Rights
9pm EST, Sat. May 20
Parents’ Rally @ Statehouse in Trenton Thursday, June 8, 2006
Piscataway Parents Mtg, June 19, 2006