The materials listed on this page relate to the latest reauthorization of IDEA--IDEA 2004---in other words, the statute as it was passed by Congress and signed by the President in 2004.
Assessment
Statewide and Districtwide Assessments
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding statewide and districtwide assessments of IDEA that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Behavior / Discipline / Safe Schools
Discipline
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding discipline that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Disproportionality
Disproportionality and Overidentification
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding disproportionality and overidentification that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Due Process
III. Procedural Safeguards Regarding Due Process Hearings
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA procedural safeguards regarding due process hearings that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Early Intervening Services
Early Intervening Services
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding early intervening services that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Evaluations / Reevaluations
Changes in Initial Evaluations and Reevaluations
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding initial evaluations and reevaluations that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Funding
State Funding
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions related to state funding that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Highly Qualified Teachers
Highly Qualified Teachers
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding highly qualified teachers that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and IFSPs
Individualized Education Programs (IEP)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding the content of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) that took effect on July 1, 2005.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meetings and changes to the IEP that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Mediation
II. Procedural Safeguards Regarding Mediation and Resolution Sessions
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding mediation and resolution sessions that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Alignment With No Child Left Behind Act
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
provisions of IDEA regarding the alignment between IDEA and No Child Left Behind (referred to in this document as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965), which took on July 1, 2005.
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Part C
Part C Amendments to in IDEA 2004
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
major changes in Part C provisions of IDEA that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Private Schools
Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
provisions of IDEA regarding children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in private schools that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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Procedural Safeguards
I. Procedural Safeguards Regarding Surrogates, Notice and Consent
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to the procedural safeguards regarding notice to parents, provisions related to surrogate parents, and parental consent of IDEA that took effect on July 1, 2005.
II. Procedural Safeguards Regarding Mediation and Resolution Session
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding mediation and resolution sessions that took effect on July 1, 2005.
III. Procedural Safeguards Regarding Due Process Hearings
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses
only the changes to IDEA procedural safeguards regarding due process hearings that took effect on July 1, 2005.
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