IDEA Background
IDEA is an important piece of civil rights legislation that details the rights of a child with a disability to a free, appropriate, public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE) and provides a mechanism for due process if a violation of these rights has taken place. As part of FAPE the child is entitled to an Individualized Education Program (IEP) with the special education and related services that are necessary to enable the child to be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum; and to meet each of the child's other educational needs that result from the child's disability. The IEP also determines the educational setting of the child. The LRE provisions of IDEA require the child to be educated in regular education classes in the school where he or she would have gone if not for the disability (usually the school closest to home), unless the child cannot be educated satisfactorily in that setting even with supplementary aids and services to provide the support that may be needed.
IDEA Statute and Related Regulations
IDEA Summary
IDEA Summary - abridged
IDEA Final Regulations Summary
IDEA State Action Plan
IDEA 2008 Policy Activities
IDEA Fairness Restoration Act
2008 IDEA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Advisory Board for National Accessible Reading Assessment Project
Advisory Panel for Research Institute for Progress Monitoring
Information Bulletins and Position Papers
Down Syndrome Caucus Testimony 2-26-09
Proposed IDEA Regulations Information Bulletin
Proposed IDEA Regulations Summary
Proposed IDEA Regulations NDSS & NDSC Comments
ACTION ALERT
IDEA Fairness Restoration Act
IDEA-Other Resources
Wrightslaw Website
Locate your local Parent Training and Information Center
Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
National Center for Learning Disabilities Parent Center
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