Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004
http://idea.ed.gov

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (NPRM):  
IDEA 2004: Part C: Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
Federal Register: May 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 89
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-2140.htm

Press release
Secretary Spellings Announces New Regulations to More Accurately Assess Students With Disabilities Allows states to count 2.0 percent of proficient and advanced scores on alternate assessment when measuring adequate yearly progress
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2007/04/04042007.html

Regulations

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-1700.htm

NOTE:  This is the official document published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2007--Took effect May 9, 2007

The U.S. Department of Education has released final regulations under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) providing additional flexibility to states to more appropriately measure the achievement of certain students with disabilities. These regulations allow states to develop modified academic achievement standards that are challenging for eligible students and measure a student's mastery of grade-level content, but are less difficult than grade-level achievement standards. The new regulations are part of an ongoing effort to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities, fully participate in a state's accountability system and are assessed in an appropriate and accurate manner.

Modified Academic Achievement Standards:  Non-Regulatory Guidance (Draft) April 2007
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/nclb/twopercent.doc

Fact sheet:
Measuring the Achievement of Students with Disabilities:  What families and schools need to know about modified academic achievement standards
http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/twopercent.html
http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/twopercent.pdf

OSEP Director's Presentation at Community-Based Public Meetings
http://idea.ed.gov/object/fileDownload/model/Presentation/field/PresentationFile/primary_key/13
OSEP Director. Alexa Posny, presentation at IDEA Community-Based Public Meeting(s)


U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs’ (OSEP’s) IDEA website:
Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004
http://idea.ed.gov

This site was created to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations, released on August 3, 2006. It is a "living" website and will change and grow as resources and information become available. When fully implemented, the site will provide searchable versions of IDEA and the regulations, access to cross-referenced content from other laws (e.g., the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), etc.), video clips on selected topics, topic briefs on selected regulations, links to OSEP's Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network and a Q&A Corner where you can submit questions, and a variety of other information sources. As items are completed and added to this site, we invite you to grow and learn with us as we implement these regulations. To view the new website, please go to http://idea.ed.gov

Building the Legacy Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) has produced training modules as part of the Building the Legacy Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004.  In all, 19 modules on critical IDEA topics will be available by summer 2007. With this newest posting, 7 are already available.
Direct link:  http://www.nichcy.org/training/contents.asp
You can also access it from the OSEP IDEA  2004 website -- Click on bottom Left box:  Training Materials
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/home

Question and Answer Documents
Questions and Answers On Highly Qualified Teachers Serving Children with Disabilities
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CQaCorner%2C2%2C

Questions and Answers On Individualized Education Programs (IEP's), Evaluations and Reevaluations
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CQaCorner%2C3%2C

Questions and Answers On Monitoring, Technical Assistance and Enforcement
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CQaCorner%2C4%2C

Questions and Answers On Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures For Parents and Children With Disabilities
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CQaCorner%2C6%2C

Questions and Answers On Response to Intervention (RTI) and Early Intervening Services (EIS)
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CQaCorner%2C8%2C

Questions and Answers On Serving Children With Disabilities Placed by Their Parents at Private Schools
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CQaCorner%2C1%2C

Questions and Answers On the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS)
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CQaCorner%2C5%2C

Questions and Answers on Discipline Procedures
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CQaCorner%2C7%2C


Topic briefs for the regulations are available at the Office of Special Education Programs IDEA 2004 website:
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view
Topic Briefs that are available now include:

Alignment with the No Child Left Behind Act
http://idea.ed.gov/object/fileDownload/model/TopicalBrief/field/WordFile/primary_key/3

Changes in Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C4%2C

Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C5%2C

Discipline
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C6%2C

Disproportionality And Overidentification
http://idea.ed.gov/object/fileDownload/model/TopicalBrief/field/WordFile/primary_key/7

Early Intervening Services (EIS)
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C8%2C

Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT)
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C20%2C

Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C23%2C

Individualized Education Program (IEP)
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C10%2C

Individualized Education Program (IEP), Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C9%2C

Monitoring, Technical Assistance and Enforcement
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C24%2C

National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C12%2C

Procedural Safeguards: Surrogates, Notice and Consent
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C15%2C

Procedural Safeguards: Due Process Hearings
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C16%2C

Mediation
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C21%2C

Secondary Transition
http://idea.ed.gov/object/fileDownload/model/TopicalBrief/field/WordFile/primary_key/17

State Complaint Procedures
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C22%2C

Pending:
Funding
Part C Option
Statewide and Districtwide Assessments

IDEA 2004 Regulations

      

IDEA 2004--Part B Final Regulations
The U.S. Department of Education has announced the final Part B regulations to implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA). The regulations and other IDEA 2004 resources are available on the US Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) website.  Please note that these regulations take effect on October 13, 2006.  See below for a link to the IDEA’97 regulations.  

IDEA 2004 News, Information and Resources
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html#regulations

HTML:  http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2006-3/081406a.html
PDF:   http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2006-3/081406a.pdf

Federal Register version:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-6656.pdf

Model Forms
As part of the 2004 reauthorization of the IDEA, Congress included a requirement that:
"Not later than the date that the Secretary publishes final regulations under this title, to implement amendments made by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, the Secretary shall publish and disseminate widely to states, local educational agencies, and parent and community training and information centers."
The model forms are provided below:

Introduction to the IDEA 2004 Model Forms
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-intro.doc
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-intro.pdf

Individualized Education Program (IEP):
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-iep.doc
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-iep.pdf

Notice of Procedural Safeguards:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-safeguards.doc
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-safeguards.pdf

Prior Written Notice:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-notice.doc
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-notice.pdf


IDEA 2004--Part D Personnel Development Final Regulations
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2006-2/060506a.html

IDEA '97 Regulations
The IDEA ’97 regulations are no longer in effect.  As a service, the IDEA '97 regulations are provided at the following link:
IDEA '97 regulations
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/reg/regulations.html

Ley de Educación para Personas con Impedimentos — Reglamento Final
http://www.ed.gov/espanol/policy/speced/reg/index.html