What Every Teacher Should Know About The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as Amended In 2004 » (2nd Edition)

Do your students need to learn the basics of the IDEA 2004 Amendment? This brief guide, written by the leading experts in special education law, outlines the history of IDEA; the major purposes of the 2004 Law; specific definitions to terms in the 2004 Amendment; and a discussion of IDEA's principles: IEPs, learning disabilities, transition, over-identification, early intervening services, and discipline.

Overview     1
IDEA: A Brief History and Our Approach     1
IDEA (As Amended in 2004) and Its Relationship to the No Child Left Behind Act     2
IDEA and Its Relationship to Civil Rights Laws-Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act     3
IDEA and Its Six Principles     4
National Policy and IDEA, Section 1400(c)(1)     5
Nature of IDEA: Grant-in-Aid, Sections 1411, 1412, and 1413     6
Major Purposes of IDEA, Section 1400(c)(4) and (5), and Section 1400(d)     7
Definitions, Section 1401     10
Zero Reject: The First of The Six Principles     17
Reviewing the Six Principles     17
Ages Covered (3-21) Under Part B     17
Child Census, Section 1412(a)(3)     18
Comprehensive Coverage, Section 1412     19
Direct Services by State Educational Agency, Section 1413(g)     21
Single-Agency Responsibility, Section 1412(a)(11)     21
SEA Capacity-Building and Performance Goals, Section 1412(a) (12)-(25)     21
LEA Capacity-Building, Section 1413     22
Costs and Cost-Shifting, Section 1412(a)(12)(A)     23
Architectural Barriers, Section 1404     23
Personnel, Section 1401(10) and Section 1412(a)(14)     24
Students in Correctional Facilities, Section 1412(a)(1)(B) and (11) and Section 1414(d)(7)     25
Discipline, Section 1415(k)     26
Early Intervention (Ages 0-3) Under Part C, Section 1431 et seq.     26
Transition Planning for Infants and Toddlers, Section 1412(a)(9)     27
Non-Discriminatory Evaluation: The Second of the Six Principles     28
Reviewing the Six Principles     28
The NDE Team and the Purpose of the NDE, Section 1414(b)(4)     28
Evaluation Standards and Procedures Section 1414(b)     30
Exclusion from Special Education     32
Initial Evaluations, Section 1414(a)(1)     33
Parent Participation, Section 1414(d)(1)(B)     34
Parental Consent, Section 1414(a)(1)(D)     34
Reevaluation, Section 1414(a)(2)     36
No Evaluation, No Services, Section 1414(a)(1)     38
Independent Evaluations, Section 1415(b)(1)     39
Infants and Toddlers, Section 1435(a)(3)     40
Appropriate Education: The Third of the Six Principles     40
Reviewing the Six Principles     40
Defining an Appropriate Education, Section 1401(9)     40
Interpreting the Definition: The Rowley Decision     41
Individualized Education Program (IEP), Section 1414(d)     42
The Individualized Education Program Team, Section 1414(d)(1)(B)     46
Parent Participation     47
IEP Team Attendance, Section 1414 (d)(1)(C)     48
Required Considerations, Section 1414(d)(3)(A)     48
Special Duties of Regular Educator, Section 1414(d)(3)(C)     50
Private School Placement and IEPs, Section 1412(a)(10)(B)     51
Waiver of Team Meetings for Changes and Amendments, Section 1414(d)(3)(D)     51
Revising the IEP, Section 1414(d)(4)     52
Related and Other Services and Supports, Section 1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(4)     53
Transition Services, Section 1401(34) and Section 1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(VIII)     54
Tuition Reimbursement as Remedy for Denying Appropriate Education     56
Additional Remedies: Extended School Year Services (ESY) and Compensatory Education     59
Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers and Their Families Provisions, Part C, Sections 1431-1445     60
Nature of Early Intervention Services, Section 1432(4)     61
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), Section 1436     61
IFSP Team, Section 1436     64
Contents of the IFSP, Section 1436(a)     64
Timing, Section 1436(b) and (c)     65
Least Restrictive Environment: The Fourth of the Six Principles     66
Reviewing the Six Principles and Introducing the Presumption Favoring Inclusion     66
The General Rule, Section 1412(a)(5)     67
Strengthening the Presumption, "Extent, if any," Section 1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(V)     67
Securing Access to the LRE/General Curriculum Via NDE and AE     68
Procedural Due Process: The Fifth of the Six Principles     71
Reviewing the Six Principles and the Nature of Procedural Due Process     71
Procedural Due Process in General, Section 1415     71
Parental Consent, Section 1414(c)(3)     72
General Notice Requirements, Section 1415(b)(3), Section 1415(c)     74
Procedural Safeguards Notice, Section 1415 (d)(1)(A)     75
Complaints (Requests for Due Process Hearings), Section 1415(b)(6)     77
Mediation: Section 1415(e)     80
Resolution Session: Section 1415(f)(1)(B)     81
Due Process Hearings: Section 1415(f)     82
Discipline, Section 1415(k)     85
Notice of Rights     86
Discipline for Violation of School Code, Section 1415(k)(1)(A)-(F)     87
Application of No-Cessation and Address-the-Behavior Exceptions     89
Application of the Manifestation Exception     90
Exception for Weapons, Drugs, and Serious Bodily Injury     93
Determination of Setting, Section 1415(k)(2)     93
Appeal of Disciplinary Placement or Manifestation Determination Finding     94
No Disciplinary Stay Put Requirement     94
Burden of Proof     95
Conduct of Hearing and Finding by Hearing Officer     96
Preemptive Strike     96
Right to Appeal, Section 1415(g) and (i)     98
Attorneys' Fees, Section 1415(i)     98
Parent Participation: The Sixth of the Six Principles     99
Reviewing the Six Principles     99
Parent Participation and Shared Decision Making     99
Definition of Parents, Section 1401(23)     100
Parents as Team Participants     100
Parents and Private Schools, Section 1412(a)(10)(C)     101
Parental Consent     101
Parental Requests     101
Parental Agreement     102
Parental Rights to Notice-General and Procedural     102
Parental Rights to Records     103
Parental Rights to Due Process and Mediation     103
"Family Systems" Approach Throughout IDEA     103
Conclusion     104