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 118 STAT. 2786 PUBLIC LAW 108–446—DEC. 3, 2004 ‘‘(A) examine educational and transitional services and results for children with disabilities who are 3 through 17 years of age and are receiving special education and related services under this title, using a national, rep resentative sample of distinct age cohorts and disability categories; and ‘‘(B) examine educational results, transition services, postsecondary placement, and employment status for individuals with disabilities, 18 through 21 years of age, who are receiving or have received special education and related services under this title; and ‘‘(5) identify and report on the placement of children with disabilities by disability category. ‘‘(f) STUDY.—The Secretary shall study, and report to Congress regarding, the extent to which States adopt policies described in section 635(c)(1) and on the effects of those policies. ‘‘SEC. 665. INTERIM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS, BEHAV IORAL SUPPORTS, AND SYSTEMIC SCHOOL INTERVEN TIONS. ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may award grants, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, to support safe learning environments that support academic achievement for all students by— ‘‘(1) improving the quality of interim alternative edu cational settings; and ‘‘(2) providing increased behavioral supports and research based, systemic interventions in schools. ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary may support activities to— ‘‘(1) establish, expand, or increase the scope of behavioral supports and systemic interventions by providing for effective, research based practices, including— ‘‘(A) training for school staff on early identification, prereferral, and referral procedures; ‘‘(B) training for administrators, teachers, related serv ices personnel, behavioral specialists, and other school staff in positive behavioral interventions and supports, behav ioral intervention planning, and classroom and student management techniques; ‘‘(C) joint training for administrators, parents, teachers, related services personnel, behavioral specialists, and other school staff on effective strategies for positive behavioral interventions and behavior management strategies that focus on the prevention of behavior problems; ‘‘(D) developing or implementing specific curricula, pro grams, or interventions aimed at addressing behavioral problems; ‘‘(E) stronger linkages between school based services and community based resources, such as community mental health and primary care providers; or ‘‘(F) using behavioral specialists, related services per sonnel, and other staff necessary to implement behavioral supports; or ‘‘(2) improve interim alternative educational settings by— ‘‘(A) improving the training of administrators, teachers, related services personnel, behavioral specialists, and other 20 USC 1465. Reports.

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