Disability & Education: State

• Department of Education - State Contacts
• State Education Agencies Nationwide : Contacts and Information
• Special Education by State (from the National Children's Cancer Society)

Primary Material

• Massachusetts General Law ch. 71B covers education for children with special needs.
• In Massachusetts, The Bureau of Special Education Appeals handles disputes between parents and schools regarding many aspects of special education.
• The BSEA decisions are reported in the Massachusetts Special Education Reporter. This is available on the 4th floor of the law library, at call # KFM 2795.9 .H3 M37. In addition to decisions, the reporter includes hearing rules and expert commentary. 
• The decisions themselves are also available in the Social Law Library databases, available through the law library website list of databases.

Links go to various government agencies charged with overseeing special education.

• Special Education in Massachusetts

  This is the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's web page with resources on special education in Massachusetts

• Office of Special Education Programs - Dep't of Education

• Policy & Guidance on Special Education - Dep't of Education

Massachusetts Continuing Education Materials

• School Law in Massachusetts (Lexis and Westlaw)
• Special Education Law in Massachusetts (Lexis and Westlaw)
• Legal Rights of Individuals with Disabilities (Lexis and Westlaw)

• 50-State Survey: Formation of Individual Education Plan (Westlaw)
• Am. Jur. 2d., Schools (Westlaw and Lexis)
• Education Law Treatises, Guides & Jurisprudence (Lexis)