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The following information was generously provided by National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) which can be located at http://www.nichcy.org/idea.htm
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IDEA
IDEA is our nation's special education law. IDEA stands for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The IDEA was originally enacted by Congress in 1975 to make sure that children with disabilities had the opportunity to receive a free appropriate public education, just like other children. The law has been revised many times over the years. The most recent amendments were passed by Congress in December 2004, with final regulations published in August 2006. So, in some senses, the law is very new, even as it has a long, detailed, and powerful history. IDEA guides how states and school districts provide special education and related services to more than six million eligible children with disabilities. |
IDEA LawNICHCY has helped to connect you with authoritative sources of information on our nation's special education law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act--commonly referred to as IDEA. Since IDEA was most recently amended in December 2004, you may hear the law also referred to as IDEA 2004. (The prior version of the law is typically referred to as IDEA '97, since that version was passed in 1997.) · To view or download a copy of IDEA 2004, as passed by Congress and signed by the President in December 2004 (called the statute), we are pleased to connect you with a PDF version and the text-only version. · The "slip law" is the Public Law (P.L.) print of P.L. 108-446, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. It's available in PDF format and is 162 pages long. We're pleased to offer the PDF file online at NICHCY, at:www.nichcy.org/reauth/PL108-446.pdf · And a text-only version of the law:http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:h.1350.enr:
What about final regulations for the new law? As of August 2006, the final regulations for IDEA 2004 are available to guide implementation of the law. Visit the final regulations page, read all about it, and connect with the regulations and other commentaries. What's new or different in the 2004 law? To read commentaries and analyses of what reauthorization has changed about IDEA, please visit the NICHCY Connections to...Resources on IDEA 2004 page. Any training materials available? NICHCY is in the midst of producing Building the Legacy, a 19-module training curriculum on IDEA. Have a look at what's available so far. Want to catch up on the history of this latest reauthorization? Please visit NICHY’s Latest Scoop! page, where they have documented the law's progress toward reauthorization from February 2003 to April 2005. |
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State Resources NICHCY compiles disability-related resources in each state, and creates State Resource Sheets. This handy resource sheet will help you locate organizations and agencies within your state that address disability-related issues, including: · State agencies serving children and youth with disabilities
· State chapters of disability organizations and parent groups
· Parent training and information projects
And much more, including the official State Web site, Governors and U.S. Senators, and other useful associations and organizations.
To access this resource click here |