The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Overview of Major Provisions

Apling, Richard N. ; Jones, Nancy L.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Budgets;    Education of disabled students - Law and legislation;    Federal aid to education - Law and legislation;    Disabled;    Elementary and secondary education;   

RP-ID  :  RS20366
RP-ID  :  RS20366_2002Jan11

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Individuals with DisabilitiesEducation Act (IDEA) providesfundsto statesforthe education of children with disabilities. It contains detailed requirements for thereceipt of these funds, including the core requirement of the provision of a freeappropriate public education (FAPE). IDEA was comprehensively revised in 1997 byP.L. 105-17, but Congress has continued to grapple with issuesrelating to the Act. Thisreport provides a brief overview of the Act with particular attention paid to issues ofrecent congressional concern, such as funding and the provision of FAPE for childrenwith disabilities found to have brought a weapon to school.