Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Most of us know The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as the law stating public schools must offer special education. Fortunately for your child, with his or her unique needs, there is much more to IDEA than that.

Under IDEA, every state educational agency (SEA) and local educational agency (LEA) is responsible for offering a free, appropriate public education. Federal grants to every state help guarantee this. In fact, the law mandates not only that disabled children have access to free education, but also that each child’s specific needs be addressed.

This goal of the Act, each disabled child’s unique needs, is what makes it work. Its regulations are focused on results. School districts can’t simply offer the same merely adequate program for all disabled students. Instead, they must take an active role, together with parents, in:

• structured meetings involving regular-ed and special-ed teachers
• “child find” efforts to place students in appropriate facilities
• a written plan called an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) for each child
• ongoing evaluation and revision to the IEP
  

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