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Download full textDragoo, Kyrie E. – Congressional Research Service, 2018
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the main federal statute governing special education for children from birth through age 21. IDEA protects the rights of children with disabilities to a free appropriate public education (FAPE). It also supplements state and local funding to pay for some of the additional or excess costs of…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
White, John – Louisiana Department of Education, 2013
Bearing in mind the requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, Louisiana's Steering Committee projected performance targets through the year 2014 for the important areas of: (1) Graduation with a Diploma; (2) Dropout Rate; (3) Placement, ages 6-21 and ages 3-5; (4) Achievement Performance Levels, and (5) Discipline. Annual gains were…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Suspension
Zeller, Richard W. – 2001
This document is intended to assist states in implementing the mediation requirements in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended in 1997. These provisions include parent participation in collaborative decision-making and the right of parents to challenge decisions about their child's education program. Increased use of…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1998
This report presents an analysis of the results of a survey of State Directors of Special Education on their state mediation systems. It notes requirements under the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that a mediation process must be available to parents desiring its use in conflict resolution. This report…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Due Process
PDF pending restorationPaul, James L.; And Others – 1992
This handbook is intended to assist policy boards and Interagency Coordinating Councils in developing and writing clear guidelines for implementing Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which mandates early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities. Principles are rooted in a "family systems"…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Boards of Education, Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution
Place, Patricia; And Others – 1991
This paper reports on a 50-state telephone survey on the development of family policies through implementation of Public Law 99-457 (Part H), the 1986 Amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act with emphasis on policies regarding consent, confidentiality, access to records, and dispute resolution. The survey addressed questions of family…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Cooperation, Confidentiality, Conflict Resolution
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1990
This New York State study evaluated problems encountered by children with handicapping conditions and their parents (N=1,486) in obtaining a free, appropriate public education. The majority (64 percent) of parents were satisfied with their child's educational program. Only 19 percent were dissatisfied. Parents of children with physical…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Age Differences, Conflict Resolution, Disabilities
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1997
The 19th annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is organized around a model which views educational results as products of three sets of factors: the context and environment in which the education is provided, student characteristics, and school programs and services. Section 1, on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attention Deficit Disorders, Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution
