133 research outputs found
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Comparison and Analysis of Selected Provisions in H.R. 1350 as Passed by the House and by the Senate, 108th Congress
CRS ReportCRSIDEACompare.pdf: 489 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Identification and Misidentification of Children with Disabilities
This report discusses issues related to the identification and misidentification of children with disabilities
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Vocational Education: Legislation to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
This report presents background on the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology
Education Act, provides a funding history of the Act, and tracks and analyzes legislation
during the 105 Congress to revise and reauthorize the Perkins Act. Specifically the report th
examines H.R. 1853 as passed by the House and H.R. 1385 as passed by the Senate. Key
issues include whether and how to change state and substate formulas; what percentage of
funds to reserve for statewide activities and administration; and how best to ensure services
for “special populations,” such as students with disabilities. The report will be updated as
legislative action warrants
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Issues Regarding "Full Funding" of Part B Grants to States
Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about issues regarding "full funding" of Part B grants to states in regards to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Topics include, the current funding formula, distributional issues, the cost of special education
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Current Funding Trends
CRS Report for Congress entailing information about current funding trends within the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Topics include, budget requests, federal funding and grants, funding trends, etc.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Full Funding of State Formula
This report discusses Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which assists participating states to serve school-age children with disabilities. The
state funding formula, which provides a foundation amount based on states’ FY1999
grants and allocates remaining amounts based on states’ shares of school-age children
and of school-age poor children, authorizes a maximum allotment per disabled child
served of 40% of the national average per pupil expenditure (APPE). Annual
appropriations have never been sufficient to provide each state its maximum allotment;
in FY2002, states will receive approximately 16.5% of the national APPE per disabled
child served. Some advocates for the program have called upon the Congress to fully
fund the formula. An estimated 7.5 billion for FY2002
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The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998: Background and Implementation
This report provides the background and Implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998
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108th Congress
CRS Report for Congress entailing information about changes being made to the law because of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA). Topics include, eligibility by jurisdiction, safeguarding, evaluation and Individualized Education Programs (IEPS), etc.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Analysis of Changes Made by P.L. 108-446
This report discusses the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA — 20 U.S.C. §1400 et
seq.), which is both a grants statute and a civil rights statute. It provides federal funding for
the education of children with disabilities and requires, as a condition for the receipt
of such funds, the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE). The
statute also contains detailed due process provisions to ensure the provision of FAPE.
Originally enacted in 1975, the act responded to increased awareness of the need to
educate children with disabilities, and to judicial decisions requiring that states
provide an education for children with disabilities if they provided an education for
children without disabilities
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