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FWA00000572( expires 1/20/2010)

DATE: 
May 6, 2008 

IRB # is IRB00000667 

MEMORANDUM 

TO: 
M. D. Alexander 
Frances Ivey 

FROM: 
David M. Moore 


SUBJECT: 
IRB Exempt Approval: “A Study of Virginia Administrators with Responsibility for 
Division Special Education Services and Knowledge of Special Education School Law” 
, IRB # 08-260 

I have reviewed your request to the IRB for exemption for the above referenced project. The research 
falls within the exempt status. Approval is granted effective as of May 6, 2008. 

As an investigator of human subjects, your responsibilities include the following: 

1. 
Report promptly proposed changes in the research protocol. The proposed changes 
must not be initiated without IRB review and approval, except where necessary to 
eliminate apparent immediate hazards to the subjects. 
2. 
Report promptly to the IRB any injuries or other unanticipated or adverse events 
involving risks or harms to human research subjects or others. 
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