FY2008 IDEA Funding

• IDEA Funding Issue Brief [PDF]
• IDEA Funding Chart 1977-2014 [PDF]

What IDEA '04 Says...

Learn what IDEA 2004 really means and its impact on:

• Effects on Higher Education Community in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Assistive Technology
• Birth-to-Six Programs
• Early Intervening Services
• Specific Learning Disabilities
• Paperwork Reduction/Individualized Education Programs
• Qualified Providers

IDEA Issue Briefs

What the 2006 IDEA Part B Final Regulations say about:

• Children with Disabilities Enrolled By Their Parents in Private Schools [PDF]
• Cochlear Implants [PDF]
• Continuum of Service Delivery Options [PDF]
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students [PDF]
• Early Intervening Services [PDF]
• Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities [PDF]
• Individualized Education Programs and Eligibility for Services [PDF]
• Interpreting Services for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing [PDF]
• Medicaid and Other Third Party Reimbursement [PDF]
• Missed Sessions [PDF]
• Personnel Qualifications [PDF]
• Uses of Special Education Funds [PDF]

IDEA '04

Text of IDEA '04 (P.L. 108-446) [PDF] (12/03/04)

Regulatory Activity

See recent regulations on IDEA .

ASHA Resources

• Maintenance of Effort Requirements in IDEA 2004
• IDEA Milestones: 1975-2005
• IDEA Archives 1998-2007
• See Also: SLPs in Schools (members only)
• Fact Sheet: Natural Environments for Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Their Families (an audiology resource)

Other Resources

• Visit the IDEA Partnership's Web site to view documents on the reauthorized IDEA'04 developed by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs.
• Visit the U.S. Department of Education's Web site on IDEA, Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004 .
• Order free publications from the U.S. Department of Education .