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| Individuals with Disabilities Act 1997 (IDEA) |
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| Special Laws for Special People |
| The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was written to improve education opportunities for students with disabilities by �protecting their rights to a free and appropriate education, emphasizing the responsibility of schools, state, federal governments, agencies, institutions of higher education, parents and students, to improve education for all students, and requiring greater accountability for results." History of IDEA http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA25th/Lesson1_History.html IDEA 97: The Law http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA/the_law.html IDEA Quests- Answers questions about the Individuals with Disabilities Act http://www.ideapractices.org/ideaquests/GeneralOverview.htm IDEA Depot- has a resource database to help special educators find new information on IDEA practices, online documents, videos, CD-ROMs, links to Web sites, and to print materials. http://www.ideapractices.org/IDEAresources/resources.asp |