Principles of IDEA
This principle of IDEA states that children with disabilities must be educated with their nondisabled peers as much as is appropriate using supplementary aids and services.
What is LRE?
This law was formally known as Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975. In 2004, it was reauthorized and signed into a law by President Georgia W. Bush and requires guaranteed access to a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE) to every child with a disability.
What is IDEA / IDEIA?
ADA
What is American with Disabilities Act?
A cheerleading coach informs the cheerleading squad that one of the cheerleaders can't participate in practices or games for the next two weeks because she was suspended due to a school violation. Which law was violated?
This principle guarantees that each child with a disability, eligible for special education, will be entitled to a Free Appropriate Public Education, even if the child is suspended or expelled.
What is FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education)?
This law is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. This law guarantees that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to enjoy employment opportunities, purchase goods and services, and participate in state and local government programs.
What is ADA?
FERPA
What is Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act?
An IEP team considers the student's current functioning, supportive aids/testing, and special considerations while discussing the continuum of services available in the IEP. The student's LRE is in the general education setting with Co-Taught services needed in Math and ELA. The teacher informs the parents that they currently don't have co-taught services because they couldn't find a teacher so therefore, they will place the student in the small group setting to receive support in Math and ELA for the rest of the year. Which education law was violated?
What is IDEA?
This principle ensures that an individualized education program is developed, reviewed, and revised for each child with a disability.
What is IEP (Individualized Education Plan)?
This federal civil rights law prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and guarantees they have the same opportunities as everyone else to enjoy employment opportunities, purchase goods and services, and participate in state and local government programs.
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
IDEA / IDEIA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act / Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act?
A Georgia school district identified a "struggling school" within their district. The district was informed that it needs to create an evidence-based plan to illustrate how this school intends to get back on track as well as consult with the appropriate professionals trained to assist in this process. The district leaders were given a deadline on when this plan needs to be developed, presented, and confirmed with the GaDOE. The deadline to present the plan passed two months ago. What law is this Georgia school district violating?
What is ESSA?
This principle ensures all children with disabilities and who are in need of special education and related services are identified, located, and evaluated.
What is Appropriate Evaluation?
This federal law ensures parents the right to have access to their children’s education records and have records amended, as well as some control on the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records. After a student turns 18 years old, the rights under FERPA are transferred from the parents to the student.
What is FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act)?
Section 504
What is Section 504 Rehabilitation Act?
A parent has challenged a school district stating their child's school does not have adequate accessible ramps since the sidewalk is crumbling and therefore the student cannot independently navigate her wheelchair into the school building. The school states they can pick up the child and carry the child/wheelchair into the building since they can't fix the ramp for the unforeseeable future. The school did not assign and an XXXXXXX coordinator to adopt grievance procedures. What law is being violated?
What is ADA?
What is Parent & Student Participation in Decision Making?
This federal law was signed into a law by President Obama in December 2015 which replaced No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
What is ESSA?
ESSA
What is Every Student Succeeds Act?
A parent of a student has revoked her daughter's IEP and requested that her daughter instead use a XXXXX plan. Her daughter has a medical diagnosis of hearing loss, wears personal hearing aids but benefits greatly from hearing assistive technology (i.e., teacher microphone) to ensure optimal auditory access. The school states they don't have to purchase a teacher microphone and instead the parents must purchase it. Which law has been violated and isn't in compliance?
What is Section 504?