One prominent change in the amendment to the Special Education Law in the State of Israel (2018) concerns the dissolution of placement committees and their transformation into characterization and eligibility committees. These characterization and eligibility committees determine children's eligibility for special education, whereas parents decide the nature of their school placement. Through in-depth interviews with parents of school-aged children with various disabilities, this study examined parents' perceptions of the change in the law and its effects on their children. The interviews revealed four key findings regarding parents' experiences of shifting to a characterization and eligibility committee. The ramifications of the gap between legislative intentions (top-down educational policy) and parents' experiences as policy subjects (bottom-up educational implementation) are discussed.

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前进一步还是后退两步？残疾学生家长对以色列特殊教育法修正案的态度

以色列国特殊教育法修正案（2018 年）的一项显着变化涉及解散安置委员会并将其转变为特征和资格委员会。这些特征和资格委员会决定儿童接受特殊教育的资格，而家长则决定学校安置的性质。本研究通过对各种残疾学龄儿童家长的深入访谈，探讨了家长对法律变化的看法及其对孩子的影响。访谈揭示了有关家长转向特征和资格委员会的经历的四项重要调查结果。讨论了立法意图（自上而下的教育政策）与家长作为政策主体的经验（自下而上的教育实施）之间差距的后果。