{ "id": "RL32716", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RL32716", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com, University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 351867, "date": "2007-01-23", "retrieved": "2016-04-07T18:29:12.694029", "title": "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Analysis of Changes Made by P.L. 108-446", "summary": "The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the main federal program authorizing state and local aid for special education and related services for children with disabilities. On December 3, 2004, President Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (P.L. 108-446), a major reauthorization and revision of IDEA. The new law preserves the basic structure and civil rights guarantees of IDEA but also makes significant changes in the law. Most provisions of P.L. 108-446 went into effect on July 1, 2005. This report details the changes made by P.L. 108-446, which include the following:\nAn extensive definition of \u201chighly qualified\u201d special education teachers and requirement that all special education teachers be highly qualified.\nProvisions aimed at reducing paperwork and other non-educational activities (for example, a paperwork reduction pilot program).\nAuthorization for states to use IDEA funds to establish and maintain \u201crisk pools\u201d to aid local educational agencies (LEAs) that provide high-cost IDEA services.\nModifications to requirements for parents who unilaterally place their children with disabilities in private schools to help ensure equal treatment and participation for such children.\nRevised state performance goals and requirements for children\u2019s participation in state and local assessments to align these requirements with those in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).\nAuthority for LEAs to use some of their local IDEA grant for \u201cearly intervening services\u201d aimed at reducing or eliminating the future need for special education for children with educational needs who do not currently qualify for IDEA.\nSignificant changes to procedural safeguards, including\nthe addition of a resolution session prior to a due process hearing to encourage the parties to resolve their dispute,\nrevised test regarding the manifestation determination, and\naddition of a new category\u2014where a child has inflicted serious bodily injury on another person\u2014to the school\u2019s ability to place a child with a disability in an interim alternative educational setting.\nMajor changes in compliance monitoring to focus on student performance, not compliance with procedures.\nAuthority to extend Part C services for infant and toddler services beyond the age of two.\nThis report will be updated to reflect legislative action. That action could result in connection with consideration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which is authorized through FY2008. 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It provides federal funding for\r\nthe education of children with disabilities and requires, as a condition for the receipt\r\nof such funds, the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE). The\r\nstatute also contains detailed due process provisions to ensure the provision of FAPE.\r\nOriginally enacted in 1975, the act responded to increased awareness of the need to\r\neducate children with disabilities, and to judicial decisions requiring that states\r\nprovide an education for children with disabilities if they provided an education for\r\nchildren without disabilities.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORT", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "filename": "files/20050105_RL32716_43eeba7fb47115f9ebbc099108651e8440f173a7.pdf" }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20050105_RL32716_43eeba7fb47115f9ebbc099108651e8440f173a7.html" } ], "topics": [ { "source": "LIV", "id": "Disabled", "name": "Disabled" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Federal aid to education - Law and legislation", "name": "Federal aid to education - Law and legislation" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Education of disabled students", "name": "Education of disabled students" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Budgets", "name": "Budgets" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Elementary and secondary education", "name": "Elementary and secondary education" } ] } ], "topics": [ "Education Policy" ] }