IDEA 2004 Info
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IDEA 2004 Information Sheets
The reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was signed into law on Dec. 3, 2004, by President George W. Bush. The provisions of the Act became effective on July 1, 2005, with the exception of some of the elements pertaining to the definition of a “highly qualified teacher” that took effect upon the signing of the Act. The final regulations were published on August 14, 2006. Below is a series of documents, prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education that covers a variety of high-interest topics and brings together the regulatory requirements related to those topics to support constituents in preparing to implement the new regulations.1 This document addresses significant changes from preexisting regulations to the final regulatory requirements regarding the identification of specific learning disabilities.
- Download Discipline document
- Download Changes in Evaluations and Reevaluations document
- Download Early Intervening Services document
- Download Children with Disabilities Enrolled by their Parents in Private School document
- Download Highly Qualified Teachers document
- Download Procedural Safeguards Regarding Mediation document
- Download Procedural Safeguards Regarding Surrogates, Notice and Consent document
- Download IEP document
- Download Monitoring document
- Download Resolution Meetings and Due Process Hearings document
- Download IEP Team and Changes to the IEP document
- Download Statewide and Districtwide Assessments document
- Download State Funding document
- Download National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) document