Schools and libraries will have 75 days to complete the application. All applications filed during that time will be treated the same. The money will be awarded retroactive to January 1, 1998. Applications, instructions, and accompanying materials will be sent by mail to schools and libraries several weeks before being available on the web. However, the 75-day filing window will not begin until the web site is up and running.
Callers can also request fact sheets to be sent by e-mail or snail mail.
However, when the figures are adjusted to 1998 dollars, the increase is only one-half a percent. The proposed regs are available on the Council for Exceptional Children web site. The deadline for comments is January 20, 1998. Send written comments to Thomas Irvin, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education, Rm. 4607, MES Bldg. I was inundated with e-mail and am still in the process of tallying the results.