October 15, 1996
Contact: Jan Rosemergy, 322-8240, or Ann Marie Deer Owens, 322-2706
Kennedy Center to host talk
on major disability legislation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Pat Morrissey, staff director of the U.S. Senate
Subcommittee on Disability Policy, will speak on the future of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) at noon, Friday, October 25, at Vanderbilt's
John F. Kennedy Center. Têng will be in the Hobbs Building, room 100,
on the Peabody College campus.
Since its initial authorization in 1975, IDEA has mandated a free, appropriate
public education for students with disabilities. In February 1996, Sen.
William Frist introduced a comprehensive reauthorization of IDEA. Since
then, the reauthorization of IDEA with proposed amendments has been under
debate. The Senate was unable to bring to the floor a bill for reauthorization
of IDEA before the 104th Congress adjourned. Work on reauthorization of
IDEA will resume when the 105th Congress convenes in January.
Morrissey's role is to oversee and develop for Sen. Frist, who chairs the
Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy, all legislation under the jurisdiction
of the panel. She served as deputy commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services
Administration, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,
U. S. Department of Education, 1985-1986. She is the author of Educator's
Guide to the Americans with Disabilities Act (1993), Employer's Guide to
the Americans with Disabilities Act (1993) and ADA: A Primer for Corporate
America on Civil Rights for the Disabled (1991).
Morrissey's talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by
the Kennedy Center, the Department of Special Education and the Student
Council on Exceptional Children at Vanderbilt's Peabody College. For more
information, call 322-8240.
-VU-
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