OSEP's IDEA 2004 Topical Web Pages

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has published the following series of topical Web pages related to major changes in the IDEA 2004 statute and regulations. These pages include topical briefs, video clips, links to related sections of the statute and regulations, links to training materials from NICHCY's Building the Legacy Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004, and more.

Previously published topic briefs from OSEP that have have not yet been updated are also included below. These will be removed as newer versions become available on the topical pages.

• Alignment with the No Child Left Behind Act
• Discipline
• Disproportionality and Overidentification
• Early Intervening Services
• Evaluation and Reevaluation
• Funding
• Highly Qualified Teachers
• Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities
• Individualized Education Program (IEP)
• Monitoring and Enforcement
• National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)
• Part C Option: Age 3 to Kindergarten Age
  – Topic brief - Part C Option: Age 3 to Kindergarten Age (PDF: 36kb) . See note below.
  – Topic brief - Part C Amendments in IDEA 2004 (PDF: 39kb) . See note below.
• Private Schools
• Procedural Safeguards
• Statewide and Districtwide Assessments
  – Topic brief - Statewide and Districtwide Assessments (PDF: 31kb) . See note below.