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IDEA 2004 News:
Reauthorization, The New Statute,
and Regulations
NICHCY is pleased to offer information on the IDEA, our nation’s special education law. For those who are involved with or working on behalf of children with disabilities, the IDEA is a very important piece of legislation. It was amended (reauthorized) in December 2004, and lots has, and will be, happening. Read all about the latest news here, starting with the most recent event.
March 2007
Building the Legacy: A Training Curriculum on IDEA.
Need training materials on IDEA 2004 and its final Part B regulations?
NICHCY is pleased to be producing a new training package, complete with
PowerPoint slide shows, detailed trainer notes, and handouts for participants.
Modules are being made available as they are reviewed and finalized by
OSEP.
- Download available modules.
www.nichcy.org/training/contents.asp - Sign up to be notified when new modules become available.
www.nichcy.org/mod_signup.asp
August 14, 2006
The Regulations.
An official copy of the final Part B regulations of the IDEA were published
in the Federal Register on August 14, 2006.
- Final Regulations in PDF.
Published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2006:
www.nichcy.org/reauth/IDEA2004regulations.pdf - Text-only version of the regs.
www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2006-3/081406a.html
The Model Forms.
OSEP (the Office of Special Education Programs) published the model forms
that were required to be made available at the time IDEA's regulations
were made final. This includes model forms on the IEP, the procedural
safeguards notice, and prior written notice. Find the model forms at:
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html#tools
Regional Implementation Meetings.
Save the date! OSEP is holding Part B Regulations Regional Implementation
Meetings in January and February 2007. Cities? Washington, DC; Los Angeles,
CA; and Kansas City, MO.
- Find out more at:
www.nichcy.org/reauth/savethedate.doc - For registration information, go to the link below and click on "OSEP
Part B Regulations Regional Implementation Meetings."
www.rrfcnetwork.org/
What Else Has Happened?
- The Latest Scoop!
(The long story on reauthorization, spanning February 2003 to April 2005) - The Latest Scoop on IDEA Regs!
(On 2005 progress toward developing final regulations for the IDEA 2004) - NICHCY Connections to...Resources on IDEA 2004
(Summaries and insight into what's new, what's the same, what it all means) - OSEP-Reviewed Materials
on IDEA 2004
(Publications that have been reviewed by the Office of Special Education Programs for consistency with the 2004 statute) - What’s Reauthorization All About?
- Sources of Other Information on Reauthorization
- Committee on Reauthorization
And these "historic" files: Looking back on the 2004 Reauthorization
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