Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Students with Disabilities. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session (May 6, 2021). Serial No. 117-12

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COVID-19; Pandemics; Students with Disabilities; Equal Education; Access to Education; Racial Bias; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Government; Hearings; Student Rights; Special Education; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; School Closing; Distance Education; Barriers; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Rehabilitation Act 1973

This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education that was held to discuss addressing the impact of COVID-19 on students with disabilities. For students with disabilities the problem is of equal education opportunity, and Federal law is grounded in a basic guarantee: access to free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment that meets their needs. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Chairman, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; and (2) Honorable Rick W. Allen, Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Witness statements were presented by: (1) Reade Bush; (2) Ronald M. Hager, Managing Attorney, National Disability Rights Network; (3) Danielle M. Kovach, Special Education Teacher, Tulsa Trail Elementary School; Hopatcong Board of Education; and (4) Kanika A. Littleton, Project Director, Michigan Alliance for Families. Additional submissions were presented by: (1) Chairman Sablan: Fulfill the Promise Coalition Comments to the House Education Committee re: COVID-19; and Executive Summary: "Disabling Inequity: The Urgent Need for Race-Conscious Resource Remedies," The Center for Civil Rights Remedies; (2) Honorable Robert C. Scott, a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia: Prepared statement of the National Council on Disability; (3) Questions submitted for the record by: Chairman Scott; Honorable Jahana Hayes, a Representative in Congress from the State of Connecticut; and Honorable Frederica Wilson, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida; and (4) Responses to questions submitted for the record by: Mr. Hager, Ms. Kovach, and Ms. Littleton.

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