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U.S. Department of Education: Promoting Educational Excellence for all Americans

Welcome to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs’ (OSEP’s) IDEA website.

This site was created to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations, released on August 3, 2006. It is a "living" website and will change and grow as resources and information become available. When fully implemented, the site will provide searchable versions of IDEA and the regulations, access to cross-referenced content from other laws (e.g., the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), etc.), video clips on selected topics, topic briefs on selected regulations, links to OSEP's Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network and a Q&A Corner where you can submit questions, and a variety of other information sources. As items are completed and added to this site, we invite you to grow and learn with us as we implement these regulations.

News

New Q&A Documents on Homelessness Posted
Posted 05/12 click for the Question and Answer document on Special Education and Homelessness. 
Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On September 6, 2011, the Department announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the IDEA Part B regulations. Changes are being proposed to the regulations regarding when a State or local educational agency seeks to use a child's or parent's public benefits or insurance (e.g., Medicaid) to pay for Part B services.

Note that this document has been delivered to the Office of the Federal Register but has not yet been scheduled for publication. The official version of this document is the document that is published in the Federal Register.

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Updated Q&A on IEP's- Released June 2010
Released in June 2010 by the U.S. Department of Education this publication discusses IDEA 2004 and the provisions related to IEPs, evaluations and reevaluations.
Procedural Safeguards - Model Form Updated 07/09
The latest version of the Procedural Safeguards Model Form is available here,(scroll down to the bottom of the page) this one includes changes from the December 1, 2008 supplemental regs - the revocation piece.
New Q&A Documents Posted - 06/09
Five new Question and Answer Documents have been posted-visit the topical areas for Discipline, Disproportionality, Monitoring, Procedural Safeguards and Secondary Transition to access. These new and revised versions were posted in June 2009
New Nonregulatory Guidance Posted
Nonregulatory guidance relating to the Supplemental Part B regulations published on December 1, 2008 has been posted under the Q&A and Procedural Safeguards topics.  This guidance was posted in June 2009.