Title page
Contents
Summary 2
Introduction 5
Background 5
Services for Children with Disabilities 7
Children with Disabilities 7
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) 9
The Individualized Education Program (IEP) 9
Content of IEP 9
The IEP Team 11
Identification and Evaluation 11
Identifying and Evaluating a Child with a Disability 11
Identifying and Evaluating a Child with a Specific Learning Disability (SLD) 13
Special Education and Related Services 15
Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) 15
Response to Intervention (RTI) 16
Personnel Qualifications 17
The Educational Environment 17
Children with Disabilities in Private Schools 19
Procedural Safeguards 20
Mediation 21
Due Process Complaint Procedures 21
State Complaint Procedures 22
Discipline 22
Funding, Expenditure Requirements, and Compliance 24
Funding 24
State Formula Allocations 25
LEA Formula Allocations 26
State and LEA Expenditure Requirements 26
Maintenance of Effort 27
Supplement, Not Supplant 28
Monitoring and Compliance 28
Enforcement 30
Appendix A. Structure of IDEA 32
Appendix B. Commonly Used Acronyms 34
Author Information 34
Acknowledgments 34
Disclaimer 35
Table 1. Structure and Funding of IDEA 6
Table 2. Percentage of Time Students Ages 5 (in Kindergarten) Through 21 Spend in a Regular Classroom and in Other Environments, Under IDEA Part B: Fall 2022 19
Figure 1. Disability Distribution for Students Ages 3 through 21 Receiving Special Education and Related Services Under IDEA, Part B: 2022-2023 8