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New regs came out in August 2006: www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html The
Federal DOE's IDEA 2004 news page. A great place to start to the
details of changes in IDEA since the 1997 version.
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html US
Department of Education (DOE) unofficial copy of the 2004 IDEA
legislation. News and information, times and dates for public
meetings, information on how to send comments. A copy of the
proposed changs in the regulations is in the Federal Registry dated June 21, 2005. These are
details but since this often mentions changes only, it is a little
hard to follow without the old regulations in hand.
edworkforce.house.gov/issues/109th/education/idea/ideafaq.pdf A
downloadable set of Frequently Asked Questions from Mike Castle's
Subcommittee on Education Reform that wrote IDEA 2004. A good
summary but it includes some irrelevant (for the kids) chatter
about what great guys the Republicans are for funding IDEA better
than the Democrats.
www.nichcy.org/idea.htm National Dissemination
Center for Children with Disabilities. Text and PDF versions of the
legislation, comments and eventually training materials on the
changes. www.copaa.org/news/idea04.html Council of
Parent Attorneys and Advocates. Lots of legal stuff including a
detailed comparison of the 1997 and 2004 versions of
IDEA. www.wrightslaw.com/idea The Wrights Law page
related to Idea 2004. Lots of information and comments and also
includes this document
describing the substantive changes to the five key statutes of IDEA
2004 by section and subsection. Text added to IDEA 2004 is in
italics. Text deleted from IDEA 97 has been struck
through.
www.cec.sped.org/pdfs/Initial_Summary.pdf Council
of Exceptional Children’s side-by-side comparison of IDEA 1997 and
2004 regs. Get it from the link above, or download it from our web
site here. The CEC also
has a copy of a doc from the Congressional Research Service at the
Librabry of Congress: www.cec.sped.org/pp/docs/CRSAnalysisofNewIDEAPL108-446.pdf
www.ncld.org/advocacy/IDEA04_FAQ.cfm National
Center for Learning Disabilities IDEA 2004 FAQ on Changes to the
Identification & Eligibility Procedures for Specific Learning
Disability (SLD). Check out the IDEA Parent Guide that walks you through the
major components of IDEA step-by-step.
www.taalliance.org/idea/factSheets.htm
Another page
highlighting differences between new and old IDEA legislation from
the Technical Assistance Alliance for Parents
Centers.
www.c-c-d.org
The Consortium
of Citizens with Disabilities has a document outlining the
changes brought by IDEA 2004. This one contains some history in
addition to the changes. Download it here.
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