Sec. 6. Prevention, intervention, and services in the education system
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The Secretary of Education shall be the lead Federal official with responsibility over education-related issues with respect to children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. The Secretary of Education shall direct the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to— conduct and disseminate training on a nationwide Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders surveillance campaign to local education agencies and early childhood education providers in collaboration with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities under section 399H(b) of the Public Health Service Act (as added by this Act); collect, collate, and disseminate (through the Internet Web site of the Department of Education, at teacher-to-teacher workshops, and through other means) evidence-based practices that are effective in the education and support of children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders, including any special techniques on how to assist children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, in both special and traditional educational settings, such practices to incorporate information concerning the identification, behavioral supports, teaching, and learning associated with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, to— education groups such as the National Association of School Boards, the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals; 21st Century Community Learning Center program grantees and other after school program personnel; and Parent Teacher Associations, Parent Information and Training Centers, family aid programs, and other appropriate education organizations; ensure that, in administering the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, parents, educators, and advocates for children with disabilities are aware that children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders have the right to access general curriculum under the least restrictive environment; collaborate with other Federal agencies to include Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders-related information or activities in programs related to maternal health, health education, and sex education; collaborate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders prevention grants under section 399H of the Public Health Service Act include education concerning Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the sexual and health education curricula of schools; and support efforts by peer advisory networks of adolescents in schools organized to discourage the use of alcohol while pregnant or considering getting pregnant.