Congress enacted the education for all handicapped children act, now the idea, in 1975 to support states and localities in protecting the rights of, meeting the individual needs of, and improving the results for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their families. Department of education is issuing this guidance to provide state educational agencies, local educational agencies, schools, educators, and members of the public with a better understanding of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 (esea) and the individuals with disabilities education act (idea) requirements and guiding principles to support the implementation of. The idea requires the department to issue an annual determination, based on the state performance plan (spp) and annual performance report (apr ), which evaluates the state’s efforts to implement the requirements and purposes of the idea, and describes how the state will improve its implementation. This guidance also addresses how idea and vr funds can be used to support students with disabilities as they transition for services under idea to services under the rehabilitation act Iii for idea part b funds to be used to provide or pay for services that constitute fape in postsecondary education settings, the education must be considered. Statute/regs main » regulations » part b » subpart a » section 300.8 » c » 11 (11) speech or language impairment means a communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance
300.8 child with a disability (1) child with a disability means a child evaluated in accordance with §§300.304 through 300.311 as having an intellectual disability, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), a serious emotional disturbance (referred to in this part as “emotional disturbance”), an. (a) each public agency must ensure that assistive technology devices or assistive technology services, or both, as those terms are defined in §§300.5 and 300.6, respectively, are made available to a child with a disability if required as a part of the child’s— (1) special education under §300.39 The public agency must provide notice to the parents of a child with a disability, in accordance with §300.503, that describes any evaluation procedures the agency proposes to conduct In conducting the evaluation, the public agency must— (1) use a variety of assessment tools and strategies.
OPEN
