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Federal Rules on Inclusion

This site holds updated information for IDEIA 2004 Laws and Resources. This site has links to all the statute changes in IDEIA 2004 and changes to safe guards. It is a great site to check periodically to clear any grey areas in the federal rules.
http://www.directionservice.org/cadre/stat_index_ideia.cfm

This site brings you to a great page filled with information concerning the New Statute of laws governing special education. Here you can learn about the reauthorization of the important piece of legislation and how it differs from IDEA 97. There are training manuals offered on this site as well.
http://www.nichcy.org/reauth/index.html

This link is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act PL 108-446 in PDF format.
http://www.nichcy.org/reauth/PL108-446.pdf

This site explains what is necessary for a child to be eligible under Part B of IDEA 2004. The focus is on eligible policies and practices for children who are served under part B of IDEA 2004. This paper also discusses IDEA 1997 to 2004 improvements.
http://www.nectac.org/~pdfs/pubs/nnotes15.pdf

This site leads to a simplified version of the IDEIA 2004 and it's alignment with the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Breaks it down into 10 points and is very informative and simple to read.
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/tb-nclb-align.pdf

Last Updated: 6/27/22