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FYI ------ Forwarded Message > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:49:17 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: Comments on proposed Assessment of State VR > Transition Policies & Practices due May 10th > > REFERENCE POINTS: Comments on proposed Assessment of State VR Transition > Policies & Practices due May 10th > > An Assessment of Transition and Policies and Practices in State Vocational > Rehabilitation Agencies: State VR Agency Survey Data Collection > > The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative > Services is currently soliciting public comment on a Data Collection activity > surveying state VR agency transition policies and practices. The Department is > interested in public comment addressing both the burden of collecting the > proposed information and the quality, utility, and clarity of the collection > activity itself. Comments are due May 10th. > > Abstract appearing in the Federal Register: The data collection is a critical > element in the Assessment of Transition Policies and Practices in State VR > Agencies that is needed to improve the provision of services for individuals > with disabilities transitioning from secondary school to post-school > environments including continuing education, employment, and community living. > This study will provide Congress, the U.S. Department of Education, State VR > agencies and other interested parties with a description of the current status > of transition policies and practices in State VA agencies and identify > promising practices in the provision of transition services. The respondents > are state personnel responsible for the administration of programs and > services in the 80 State VR agencies. > > A copy of the proposed information collection request can be downloaded from > http://edicsweb.ed.gov/browse/browsecoll.cfm?pkg_serial_num=2979 > > Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should > be electronically mailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NOTE: the email address > published in the related notice published in the February 7, 2006 Federal > Register was incorrect) > > Written comments should be addressed to the Office of Information and > Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk Officer, Department of > Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, > New Executive Office Building, > Washington, DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395-6974. > > SOURCE: Federal Register: April 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 68)] > [Page 18087-18088] > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > REFERENCE POINTS, transition updates from the TATRA Project, features > resources and information to help parent organizations, advocates and > professionals better serve adolescents and young adults with disabilities, and > their families. It is managed by PACER Center www.pacer.org as a joint > technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project and the National Center on > Secondary Education and Transition www.ncset.org > > Visit our web sites for access to a wealth of additional resources and > information! > > To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/signup.asp > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.asp > > Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary > education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition is funded by and is > a partner with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education > Programs, cooperative agreement # H326J000005. The TATRA Project is funded by > the Rehabilitation Services Administration. > > Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please > credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of > this material. ------ End of Forwarded Message
