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CEC Briefs Compare the 2004 IDEA Regulations to the 1997 IDEA Regulations and Include CEC Comments and Analysis

CEC is pleased to present briefs comparing selected significant issues from the IDEA 2004 final regulations with those from the IDEA 1997 regulations. These side-by-side briefs also contain critical CEC analysis and comments from both CEC's recommendations to the IDEA 2004 proposed regulations and U.S. Department of Education discussions. These briefs are available in three versions: A Professional Development Kit that includes the side-by-side briefs, a PowerPoint presentation, and a CD-ROM with the side-by-side briefs, the PowerPoint presentation, and the IDEA 2004 regulations. A second publication contains just the side-by-side briefs. Finally, as a third option, CEC has made the side-by-side briefs available in a download-only format. CEC members can access these downloadable briefs, including those on 10 new topics, online now for FREE!  

Purchase any of IDEA 2004 Professional Development Kit, the side-by-side briefs only, or download the side-by-side briefs.

If you are not a member of CEC, you can preview the issue brief on IEPs for free before you purchase. 

CEC's Primer on the IDEA 2004 Regulations
Entire CEC Regulation Analysis  (389 pages, 2.3 MB)    

Download by section:      

• Introduction
• Purposes and Definitions 
• Least Restrictive Environment 
• Children in Private Schools
• State Complaint Procedures 
• Personnel Qualifications
• Performance Goals and Indicators
• Access to Instructional Materials
• Early Intervening Services 
• Parental Consent, Evaluations and Reevaluations
• Specific Learning Disabilities
• Individualized Education Programs and Development of the IEP (available to members and non-members)
• Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children
• Discipline Procedures
• Monitoring and Enforcement
• Disproportionality
• Allotments, Grants, and Use of Funds
• Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities 

Purchase Understanding IDEA 2004 Frequently Asked Questions, a must-have publication for all special educators provides quick answers to the most common questions on IDEA 2004!

IDEA 2004 REAUTHORIZATION

• Read the IDEA 2004 Regulations

• IDEA 2004 Model Forms
• Learn about the New IDEA Regulations at a Special CEC Workshop
• CEC Pleased that IDEA Regulations Are Released, Include CEC Recommendations
• CEC's Update on IDEA Reauthorization
• CEC's Side-by-Side Analyses of Selected Issues from the Proposed IDEA Regulations
• CEC's Final Comments on Regulations For The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
• CEC's Initial Comments on Regulations For The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act 2004
• CEC's Summary of the New IDEA Law
• CEC's Summary of Selected IDEA Reauthorization Issues
• Read the Law 
• Read the Conference Committee Report Language
• Congressional Research Service Analysis of New IDEA Law 
• CEC’s Comments on IDEA Part C Proposed Regulations
• CEC’s and DEC’s Comments on IDEA Part B State Performance Plan Regulations

• CEC’s Comments for Data Collection Requirements

APPROPRIATIONS

• IDEA Full Funding Talking Points
• CEC's Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriations Chart
• CEC's IDEA Full Funding Document
• CEC's FY 2008 Funding Recommendations for IDEA Part D

Go to CEC's Home Page at www.cec.sped.org for more information
about these and other fantastic resources!

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