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IDEA Reauthorization

The New Law

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 NHEdLaw.

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 NHEdLaw. 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 a

	Model IEP,
	Model Notice of Procedural Safeguards, and
	Model Prior Written Notice form.

Resources Explaining the Law

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.

View the Council for Exceptional Children's summary of the significant changes in the IDEIA

View the Council for Exceptional Children's Side by Side Comparison of the new Proposed Regulations

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 of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) comparison of the IDEA and the IDEIA.

View the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) resources on the IDEA's reauthorization.

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 has a series of articles about changes in the 2004 version of the IDEA that go into effect in July 2005.

View the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems side by side analysis of the changes to the IDEA in the proposed House and Senate bills

The following organizations also have information on the IDEA's reauthorization:

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) IDEA Reauthorization News Update

PACER Center: Legislation

Wrightslaw Reauthorization Page

Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE): Public
Policy/Legislative Action

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA): Resource Center: Legislative Issues

Council for American Private Education (CAPE): Public Policy

Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD): Advocacy and Governmental Relations

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC): Public Policy Legislative Action Center

Federation of Children with Special Needs (FCSN): IDEA news

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) (PDF)

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP): IDEA Information

National Education Association (NEA): NEA on the Issues/Special Ed-IDEA

National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals (NRCP):

Paraprofessional Legislation