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The Implications and Impact of Impartial Due Process Procedures on Planning, Programming and Staffing by Exceptional Student Education Divisions Within the Florida School System

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1982
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The purpose of this study was to describe the implications and impact of impartial due process procedures on planning, programming and staffing by exceptional student education divisions within the Florida school system. A questionnaire was developed by the author, and validated by three directors of exceptional student education. Items for the questionnaire were drawn from the literature related to the effects of P.L. 94-142 on departments of special education. The questionnaire was distributed to the sixty-seven directors of exceptional student education in Florida. There were fifty respondents, or a 75 percent return . Tables were developed to indicate the percentage of responders within each category on the questionnaire. Tables of rank order were developed to detail types of problems encountered by responders, solutions utilized by responders, and particulars of policy changes and staff development plans. In summary, this study provided data which indicated the areas of impact and concern to directors of exceptional student education in Florida. General and specific recommendations for remediation strategies are outlined.
Title: The Implications and Impact of Impartial Due Process Procedures on Planning, Programming and Staffing by Exceptional Student Education Divisions Within the Florida School System.
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Name(s): Kelly, Zara Ann
Rothberg, Robert A., Thesis advisor
Weppner, Daniel B., Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 1982
Date Issued: 1982
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 121 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to describe the implications and impact of impartial due process procedures on planning, programming and staffing by exceptional student education divisions within the Florida school system. A questionnaire was developed by the author, and validated by three directors of exceptional student education. Items for the questionnaire were drawn from the literature related to the effects of P.L. 94-142 on departments of special education. The questionnaire was distributed to the sixty-seven directors of exceptional student education in Florida. There were fifty respondents, or a 75 percent return . Tables were developed to indicate the percentage of responders within each category on the questionnaire. Tables of rank order were developed to detail types of problems encountered by responders, solutions utilized by responders, and particulars of policy changes and staff development plans. In summary, this study provided data which indicated the areas of impact and concern to directors of exceptional student education in Florida. General and specific recommendations for remediation strategies are outlined.
Identifier: FA00000672 (IID)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Education
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.
Subject(s): Special education--Florida
Special education--Law and legislation--Florida
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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