| IDEA Reauthorization
The full House and Senate approved the
new IDEA and President Bush signed the bill into law on December 3, 2004.
The name of the law is now the Individuals with Disabilities Education and
Improvement Act of 2004 or IDEIA. The law will generally still be referred
to as the IDEA 2004.
View the IDEA 2004 formatted by the Education Law Resource Center.
The House
Committee on Education and the Workforce (the House committee responsible
for developing the IDEA's proposed changes) developed a
Guide to Frequently Asked Questions that helps explain the IDEA 2004's
requirements.
The Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) of the United
States Dept. of Education released a
series of documents that review the changes in IDEA 2004,
including changes in the procedural safeguards provisions, IEP's, and
discipline.
The United
States Department of Education (USDOE) also has a
new website
with IDEA resources.
The United
States Department of Education has issued
new regulations to comply with the
changes in the IDEA in 2004.
View the full set of regulations
with commentary by the USDOE. A pdf document of 307 pages.
View just the regulations formatted by the Education Law Resource Center.
A word document of 73 pages.
View the USDOE Appendix to the
regulations that includes a Topic Index in Appendix E.
Wrightslaw
also has a
reformatted version of the regulations
on their
website.
Along with
the regulations, the United States Department of Education also developed:
Resources Explaining the Changes
The
United States
Department of Education Website on the
IDEA has technical assistance documents that explain the changes in the IDEA and
specific topics like IEP's, discipline, highly qualified teachers, etc.
The Council for Exceptional Children has developed a
Side
by Side Comparison of the new Proposed Regulations
The Office of
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the United States Dept. of
Education has released a
series of documents that review the changes in IDEIA '04,
including changes in the procedural safeguards provisions, IEP's, and
discipline.
View the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
explanation of the IDEA and the reauthorization process.
View the
Council for Exceptional Children's summary of the significant changes in the
IDEIA
View the Congressional Research Service's analysis of changes in the
IDEIA
View the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities' Users Guide to the IDEIA
View the Council or Parent
Attorneys and Advocates comparison of the IDEA and the IDEIA.
View the National Association of State Directors of Special Education comparison
of the IDEA and the IDEIA.
View the National Association of School Psychologists report The New IDEA: A
Summary of Significant Reforms
View the Wrightslaw Overview, Explanation & Comparison of IDEA vs. IDEIA
Wrightslaw also has a
series of
articles about IEP changes, highly qualified teacher requirements and
transition services under the IDEIA
Reauthorization & Deaf or Hard of Hearing
View the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for
the Deaf's Analysis of the IDEIA which focuses
on sections affecting the education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing
Reauthorization & Learning Disabilities
National
Center for Learning Disabilities Report on IDEIA 2004: Changes to the
Identification & Eligibility Procedures for Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
Prior version of the IDEA
IDEA 1997 Law (remained in effect until July 2005)
Current IDEA Regulations (remain in effect until replaced by the United
States Dept. of Education)
Section 504/ADA
Section 504
Statute
Section 504
regulations
LD Online's Overview of the IDEA, Section 504 and the ADA
LD Online Section 504 and IDEA: Basic Similarities and Differences
Accommodations under Section 504 and the IDEA
Resources and Guides Explaining Special Education Requirements
The Advocacy Institute's Resources Section Provides information explaining a
variety of different special education and NCLB requirements.
Center for Applied Special Technology, article on
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