IDEA Updates - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The U.S. Department of Education’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act website brings together department and grantee IDEA information and resources. The IDEA makes available a free appropriate public education to and ensures special education and related services to eligible children with disabilities.
About IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Congress reauthorized the IDEA in 2004 and most recently amended the IDEA through Public Law 114-95, the Every Student Succeeds Act, in December 2015. In the law, Congress states: Disability is a natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the right of individuals to participate in or contribute to society.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Topic Areas
Jun 29, 2010 · The IDEA allows, and sometimes requires, local educational agencies (LEAs) to use funds provided under Part B of the IDEA for coordinated early intervening services (CEIS). This provision permits LEAs to use no more than 15 percent of Part B funds to develop and provide CEIS for students who are currently not identified as needing special ...
IDEA by State - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
May 24, 2022 · About IDEA The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.
A History of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
Feb 16, 2024 · IDEA discretionary grants award grants through a competitive process to state educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other nonprofit organizations to support technical assistance and dissemination, technology and media services, state personnel development grants, personnel preparation, state data collections, and parent ...
Statute and Regulations - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Sections of the IDEA Statute. The IDEA statute includes four parts: Part A. General Provisions. Part A outlines IDEA’s general provisions, including the purpose of IDEA and the definitions used throughout the statute. View indexed IDEA Part A Statute; View printable IDEA Part A Statute; Part B. Assistance for All Children with Disabilities
Sec. 300.613 Access rights - Individuals with Disabilities Education …
May 3, 2017 · 300.613 Access rights. (a) Each participating agency must permit parents to inspect and review any education records relating to their children that are collected, maintained, or used by the agency under this part. The agency must comply with a request without unnecessary delay and before any meeting regarding an IEP, or any hearing pursuant to...
Sec. 300.306 Determination of eligibility - Individuals with ...
Jul 7, 2017 · 300.306 Determination of eligibility. (a) General. Upon completion of the administration of assessments and other evaluation measures— (1) A group of qualified professionals and the parent of the child determines whether the child is a child with a disability, as defined in §300.8, in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section and the educational needs...
Sec. 300.116 Placements - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
May 3, 2017 · 300.116 Placements. In determining the educational placement of a child with a disability, including a preschool child with a disability, each public agency must ensure that— (a) The placement decision— (1) Is made by a group of persons, including the parents, and other persons knowledgeable about the child, the meaning of the evaluation data, and...
State Formula Grants - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) administers three formula grant programs authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). These formula grants are awarded to states annually to support early-intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families, preschool children ages …