1. Individuals with Disabilities Act “secures special education services for children with disabilities from the time they are born until they graduate from high school” LD Online

2. History • 1975 – Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) • 1997 – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments • 2004 – Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act • August 2006 – part B implementation • September 2011 – part C (birth to 2 yrs)

3. Goals: “To help ensure equity, accountability and excellence in education for children with disabilities” IDEA 2004

4. Provisions • Discipline • Performance goals and indicators • IEP (Individual Education Plan) • Student evaluations • Race disproportionality • Parent participation

5. Related terms • FAPE – free appropriate public education • IEP – individual education program • LRE – least restrictive environment • NCLB – no child left behind • PTI – parent training and information centers • PINS – person in need of supervision • CSE – committee on special education