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IDEA
In the last days of the 108th Congress, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was reauthorized. The House and Senate conferees reached agreement on a bipartisan bill on November 17, and the House of Representatives and the Senate both passed the bill that same day. The conference report adopts much of the bill as originally passed by the Senate and deleted the language to which advocates objected most strongly from the House bill. President Bush signed the measure into law (P.L. 108-446) on December 3, 2004.
For a copy of the bill, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/, select Public Laws, 108th Congress, and scroll down to #446. The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Education Task Force website includes information on the development of regulations to implement the new IDEA requirements at: http://www.c-c-d.org/tf-education.htm. The Education Law Center offers information about the new law at:
http://www.elc-pa.org/WebIDEAReauth.htm.
Information furnished by the U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services.
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