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IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) is a federal law that guarantees all eligible children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21 (or until the child graduates) the right to a free appropriate public education designed to meet their individual needs. The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) was an earlier version of the IDEIA.  On August 14, 2006, the IDEIA 2004 regulations were published in the Federal Register.

You can read the regulations on the Federal Register Web site: Federal Register - Final IDEIA 2004 Regulations (PDF file). Wrightslaw, a special education advocacy Web site, has reformatted the regulations for ease of reading and printing: IDEA 2004 Regulations.

Final IDEIA 2004 Regulations (PDF file) (Federal Register)

Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004 (U.S. Department of Education)

IDEA 2004 News, Information and Resources (U.S. Department of Education)

Twenty-Sixth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (U.S. Department of Education)

Top 20 List of Changes to IDEA - Nancy D. Reder, Esq., NASDSE

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Guide to Frequently Asked Questions

SECTION 504

Section 504 - Questions and Answers (from Othello School District 147, Othello, WA)

FERPA

Balancing Student Privacy and School Safety: A Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act for Colleges and Universities
Postsecondary officials are regularly asked to balance the interests of safety and privacy for individual students. While the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) generally requires institutions to ask for written consent before disclosing a student's personally identifiable information, it also allows colleges and universities to take key steps to maintain campus safety. Understanding the law empowers school officials to act decisively and quickly when issues arise.
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Balancing Student Privacy and School Safety: A Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act for Elementary and Secondary Schools
School officials are regularly asked to balance the interests of safety and privacy for individual students. While the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) generally requires schools to ask for written consent before disclosing a student's personally identifiable information to individuals other than his or her parents, it also allows schools to take key steps to maintain school safety. Understanding the law empowers school officials to act decisively and quickly when issues arise.
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Disclosure of Information from Education Records to Parents of Postsecondary Students
Recently many questions have arisen concerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the federal law that protects the privacy of students' education records. The Department wishes to clarify what FERPA says about postsecondary institutions sharing information with parents.
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Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.  FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."

Parents' Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: Rights Regarding Children’s Education Records
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal privacy law that gives parents certain protections with regard to their children's education records, such as report cards, transcripts, disciplinary records, contact and family information, and class schedules. As a parent, you have the right to review your child's education records and to request changes under limited circumstances. To protect your child's privacy, the law generally requires schools to ask for written consent before disclosing your child's personally identifiable information to individuals other than you.
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MEDIATION

Special Education Mediation - A Guide for Parents

NCLB (No Child Left Behind)

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Background information about the No Child Left Behind Act.

P.L. 107-110 No Child Left Behind Act (PDF)    HTML (text)
Text of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which President Bush signed into law on January 8, 2002.

REHAB ACT

SPECIAL EDUCATION & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES The Rehabilitation Act
The Rehabilitation Act is the Federal legislation that authorizes the formula grant programs of vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance. It also authorizes a variety of training and service discretionary grants administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.  The Act authorizes research activities that are administered by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the work of the National Council on Disability. The Act also includes a variety of provisions focused on rights, advocacy and protections for individuals with disabilities.
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ARTICLE 7 (INDIANA'S SPECIAL EDUCATION RULES)

Indiana’s special education rules are called “Article 7”. Article 7 is based on the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA ’04) and the federal regulations. It is made up of 16 rules describing how special education and related services are to be determined and provided by Indiana’s public schools. Article
7 requires each student with a disability between the ages of 3 and 22, enrolled in a public school, be provided with a free appropriate public education – sometimes called a FAPE. You may recall that a FAPE is one of the six (6) principles of IDEA described in an earlier section of this booklet.

A copy of Article 7 may be obtained from the Internet at
http://www.doe.in.gov/exceptional/speced/docs/Art_7_Feb_2010.pdf
(View February, 2010 Revisions )
(View July, 2010 Revisions )

or by writing or calling the Indiana Educational Resource Center

7725 N. College Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46240-2504
(317) 232-0587
(800) 833-2198