Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 5.djvu/849

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PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992 106 STAT. 4487 disorders" would be appropriate, or whether some other term should be used. (3) DEFINITION. —The Notice of Inquiry shall contain the following proposed definition for use in the regulations implementing such Act: "(1) As used in section 602(a)(l) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(l)): "(A) The term 'serious emotional disturbance' means a disability that is— "(i) characterized by behavioral or emotional response in school programs so different from appropriate age, cultural, or ethnic norms that the responses adversely affect educational performance, including academic, social, vocational or personal skills; "(ii) more than a temporary, expected response to stressful events in the environment; "(iii) consistently exhibited in two different settings, at least one of which is school-related; and "(iv) unresponsive to direct intervention applied in general education, or the condition of a child is such that general education interventions would be insufficient. "(B) The term includes such a disability that co-exists with other disabilities. "(C) The term includes a schizophrenic disorder, affective disorder, anxiety disorder, or other sustained disorder of conduct or acfjustment, affecting a child, if the disorder affects educational performance as described in paragraph (1). "(2) The term 'seriously emotionally disturbed' means, with respect to a child, that the child has a serious emotional disturbance.". (4) REPORT.—The Secretary shall, within 10 months after the date of enactment of this Act, prepare a report containing a summary of the public comments described in paragraph (2)(B) received as a result of the Notice of Inquiry, and recommendations concerning whether such Act should be amended. The report shall be siu>mitted to the appropriate committees of Congress, including the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Disability PoUcy of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate. SEC. 913. TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1988. The Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 1988 is amended— (1) in section 221(a)(l) (29 U.S.C. 2251(a)(l)), by striking "nonprofit or for-profit entities" and inserting "public or private agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education,"; (2) in section 222(a) (29 U.S.C. 2252(a)), by striking "nonprofit and for-profit entities" and inserting "public or private agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education,"; and (3) m section 231(a) (29 U.S.C. 2252(a)), by striking "non- 29 USC 2261. profit and for-profit entities" and inserting "public or private