IDEA Milestones: 1975-2005

September 2005

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