Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) IDEA 2004 Policy Briefs

OSERS has prepared a series of documents that covers a variety of high-interest topics and brings together the related statutory language to support constituents in preparing to implement the new requirements in IDEA 2004. The briefs do not address any changes that may be made by the final regulations that are due out later this year.

The links to the OSERS documents on the IDEA Reauthorized Statute are provided below:  

• Alignment With the No Child Left Behind Act
• Changes in Initial Evaluations and Reevaluations
• Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools
• Discipline
• Disproportionality and Overidentification
• Early Intervening Services
• Highly Qualified Teachers
• I. Procedural Safeguards: Regarding Surrogates, Notice, and Consent
• II. Procedural Safeguards: Regarding Mediations and Resolution Sessions
• III. Procedural Safeguards: Regarding Due Process Hearings
• Individualized Education Program (IEP)
• Part C Options: Ages 3 to Kindergarten Age
• Secondary Transition
• Statewide and Districtwide Assessment
• I. State Funding
• II. Local Funding