Special Education

Complying with IDEA 2004

On December 3, 2004 President Bush held the signing ceremony of the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The new IDEA will do much to advance the educational success of children with disabilities as well as improve special education conditions.

Here are some great resources on the new IDEA available from the Council for Exception Children:

• Read press release: IDEA Signed into Law
• Read press release: New IDEA Delivers for Students with Disabilities
• CEC's IDEA Reauthorization Summary
• Read the Law

Department of Education Issues Topical Briefs on the new IDEA Law

The Department of Education has issued a series of topical briefs on the new IDEA law. This series of briefs provides a summary of 16 significant IDEA topics. These briefs are only summaries of the law and do not contain any interpretation of the law by the Department.

Read the briefs at www.cec.sped.org/cec_bn/briefs.html