IDEA Flashcards
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
ADA
The ADA is a federal civil rights law for individuals with disabilities, including students, that bans discrimination based on disability in the areas of public accommodations, telecommunications, government services, and employment.
The ADA is a federal civil rights law for individuals with disabilities, including students, that bans discrimination based on disability in the areas of _______________________, ______________, _________________, and ____________________.
public accommodations
telecommunications
government services
employment
Section 504
Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, no program or activity receiving federal money can discriminate against any person with a disability. This act applies to all schools, including private schools, that receive or benefit from federal funds.
Under _______________________________, no program or activity receiving federal money can discriminate against any person with a disability. This act applies to all schools, including private schools, that receive or benefit from federal funds.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, no _________________________________________________________________. This act applies to ___________________________________________________________.
no program or activity receiving federal money can discriminate against any person with a disability.
all schools, including private schools, that receive or benefit from federal funds.
NCLB
No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind
NCLB
NCLB is the title given to the ______________________________________. Its goal is to __________________________________________. NCLB requirements and standards also apply to special education programs and services.
given to the last reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
-ensure that every child in American is able to meet its state’s higher learning standards.
No Child Left Behind
NCLB is the title given to the last reauthoriation of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Its goal is to ensure that every child in America is able to meet its state’s high learning standards. NCLB requirements and standards also apply to special education programs and services.
State Rules and Regs
Each state publishes its own Special Education Rules and Regulations to tell how that state will carry out the IDEA and how school districts are to provide special education and related services. It combines state and federal laws.
Each state publishes its own _____________________ to tell how that state will carry out the IDEA and how districts are to provide education and related services. It combines ______________________ and ________________.
- Special Education Rules and Regulations
- state and federal laws
FERPA
Family Education Rights & Privacy Act
FERPA
Family Education Rights & Privacy Act
Records are private/confidential.
Process for amendment.
Right to file complaints.
Records are private/confidential.
Process for amendment.
Right to file complaints.
FERPA: Family Education Rights & Privacy Act
IDEA
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- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
- Covers public schools only.
- Students who are age 3-22, who have a disability.
Covers public schools only.
Students who are 3-22, who have a disability.
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA says the school must: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
- Find & identify eligible students;
- Involve parents in decision-making;
- Evaluate students;
- Develop and IEP for each student;
- Provide special education & related services;
- Provide services in the LRE; and
- Provide processes for resolving parent complaints
FAPE
Free appropriate public education
FIE
full individual evaluation
AEP
alternative education placement
AT
assistive techonology