Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Statute

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law, or statute, authorizing:

formula grants to states

discretionary grants to state educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other nonprofit organizations to support:

research

demonstrations

technical assistance and dissemination

technology

personnel development

parent-training and -information centers

Originally passed as the Education of the Handicapped Act in 1975, the law has been reauthorized and amended several times since. Congress reauthorized the IDEA in 2004, and the IDEA was amended in December of 2015 through Public Law 114-95, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The IDEA statute includes four parts:

Regulations

The U.S. Department of Education issues regulations to implement the requirements of the IDEA.


All information found on this page is public and can be found here:

Statute and Regulations | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (2017). Sites.ed.gov. Retrieved 9 July 2017, from https://sites.ed.gov/idea/statuteregulations/