Examples of Office for Civil Rights Case Decisions

• East Valley Institute of Technology – communications with parents (OCR Case No. 08041022)

• Tucson Unified School District – communications with parents (OCR Case No. 08011157)

• Denver Public Schools – services to ELL students (OCR Case No. 08951023)

Although the following publication targets educational interpreters for the deaf, they may also interest spoken interpreters in education:

• RID’s Standard Practice Papers: In the organization’s own words, these serve to “articulate the consensus of the membership in outlining standard practices and positions on various interpreting roles and issues.”

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  http://idea.ed.gov/

• Council for Exceptional Children
  www.cec.sped.org

• IDEA Practices Law and Regulations
  The 2004 reauthorization of Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act.

• Family and Advocates Partnership for Education
  FAPE aims to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997, the 2004 reauthorization and promising practices.

• Center for Special Education Finance http://www.csef-air.org/