The New Jersey Student Advocate
A publication of A Parents’ Initiative
for Every Child’s Education (APIECE)
Fall 2005, “The First Issue” Volume 1, Issue Number 1
“Standing up for the rights
of all students including those facing adversity due to disability, racial
disparity and economic inequity”
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Promote
NJ IDEIA 2004 Hearing
Process is a Set Up to Disenfranchise
Students with Disabilities and their Families!
Please refer to the IDEA public input
process on facing page. The process starts 6-days before the Nov. 8 election
date with the first discussion. No details will be available with any time to
analyze and respond in an electoral way to what the current administration does.
The first hearing where public testimony is permitted is nearly on the eve of
Christmas. That date makes it quite difficult to organize a significant presence
of an important component of our constituency.
The failure of the NJ DOE to call a hearing on a Saturday shows disdain for the
participation of working class parents since it will be nearly impossible to
obtain time off from work for most parents to participate. We need to voice the
following concerns to the NJ Board of Education:
Publication of the proposed changes at least one month before the election
date.
Immediate public announcements of the dates and publication of the information
on the DOE website.
Immediate specification with precision of the two 30-day comment periods
Two more public hearings to be added on Saturdays.
The nearly Christmas Eve scheduled hearing of December 21 should be moved to an
earlier or later date that also steers clear of New Years Day.
Contact the NJ DOE Board of Education at (609) 984-6024 or in writing at New
Jersey Department of Education, Office of the State Board of Education, P.O. Box
500, Trenton, N.J. 08625. Fax (609)984-8422 Write also to Acting Commissioner of
Education and Assistant Commissioner(s) of Education, P.O. Box 500, Trenton,
N.J. 08625, (609) 292-4469 Fax (609)984-8422
On-line letters:
https://www.state.nj.us/njded/parents/contact.htm
CC letters to: Acting Governor Richard Codey E-mail:
SenCodey@njleg.org , PO Box 001,
Trenton, NJ 08625, Phone: (609) 292-6000 / Fax: (609) 777-2922
Send your correspondence to John Worthington
special.education@doe.state.nj.us
and Barbara Gantwerk
Barbara.Gantwerk@doe.state.nj.us.
Please feel free to share your correspondence with this regard with us by
sending it to
Advocate@StudentAdvocate-NJ.org Please indicate if it is
acceptable for us to publish your statements and letters in this regard.
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