1975 - November 29              

Education of All Handicapped Children
(P.L. 94-142)

 1986 - August                 
 

Attonery fee provisions in law
(P.L. 99-372)

 1986 - October 8

Part H (now Part C) established
(P.L. 99-457)

 1990 - October 30

Renamed statute the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)
(P.L. 101-476)

 1997 - June

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA '97) enacted
(P.L. 105-17)

 1999 - March 12

ED released the final regulations for Part B of IDEA '97

 2004 - December 3

 

Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, which amended IDEA, enacted
(P.L.108-446)

 2005 - June 21               

Department of Education released notice of proposed
rulemaking on IDEA 2004, public comments were due
on or before September 6, 2005