The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

OSEP Resources - IDEA 2004

• Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004 - This Web site is being developed by OSEP to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA 2004. When fully implemented, it will provide searchable versions of the IDEA and its regulations, access to cross-referenced content from other laws, links to OSEP's Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network, a Q&A Corner and other resources.
• OSEP's Topical Web Pages
• IDEA 2004 Model Forms for IEPs, Notice of Procedural Safeguards, Prior Written Notice
• Part C Option - materials
• OSEP Presentation - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Selected Highlights of the 2004 Reauthorization, March 2005 (PPT: 737kb)
• Building the Legacy Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004 - developed by NICHCY at the request of OSEP (posted 6/19/2008)

Federal Statute

• P.L. 108-446 (PDF: 422kb) The complete Act in a single file.
• OSEP's Web site of resources related to IDEA 2004 provides links to Titles and Parts of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004:
  

  Title I

  – Part A - General Provisions
  – Part B - Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities
  – Part C - Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities
  – Part D - National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities
  Title II - National Center for Special Education Research
  Title III - Miscellaneous Provisions
  

Federal Regulations

• Part B Regulations in HTML or PDF (PDF: 1420kb) , as published in the Federal Register.
• Links to specific subparts and sections of the Part B regulations, published on OSEP's IDEA 2004 Web site.

• Part C Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (PDF: 434kb) (May 9, 2007) -- in HTML

Summaries of IDEA 2004

• Overview of Key Changes in IDEA 2004 - Module 2 of NICHCY's Building the Legacy Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004 (posted 6/19/2008)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Analysis of Changes Made by P.L. 108-446 (PDF: 203kb) CRS Report for Congress.
• The New IDEA: CEC's Summary of Significant Issues (PDF: 450kb) from the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
• The New IDEA: A Summary of Significant Reforms (PDF: 192kb) from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
• Comparison of H.R. 1350 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004) and IDEA ‘97 from the The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, provides individual comparisons of Parts A, B, C, and D of IDEA 97 and the new law.
• A User's Guide to the 2004 IDEA Reauthorization (PDF: 64kb) (P.L. 108-446 and the Conference Report) prepared for the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities by Robert Silverstein, J.D., Director, The Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy.
• Summary of Changes Made to Part C by IDEA Reauthorization of 2004 (PDF: 93kb) from the IDEA Infant and Toddler Coordinators Association.
• IDEA: Guide to Frequently Asked Questions (PDF: 215kb) from the U. S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Data on the Implementation of the Early Childhood Provisions of IDEA

• 27th Annual Report to Congress --the full text of the U.S. Department of Education's yearly report on IDEA, including data tables.
• The most recent data tables and other data collection information are found on the www.IDEAdata.org/index.html Web site.
• Data on state implementation of Part C and Part B/619 Preschool Educational Environments is also presented on the National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring Web site.

Overviews

• Special Education: Grant Programs Designed to Serve Children Ages 0-5 (PDF: 192kb) , GAO-02-394, April 25, 2002.
• Progress in Providing Services to Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families (PDF: 658kb) , August, 2002.
• OSEP Early Childhood Programs and Projects Under IDEA (PDF: 154kb) , FY 2006.
• OSEP Early Childhood Staff (PDF: 19kb) presented within an abbreviated organizational chart of the U.S. Department of Education, June 8, 2007.