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Direct linkPerry A. Zirkel; Mitchell L. Yell – Exceptional Children, 2024
The central obligation under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act is to provide each eligible student with a free appropriate public education (FAPE). In "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1" (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court revised the prior substantive standard for determining FAPE that the court had developed in…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Court Litigation, Equal Education
Leslie Ann Bross; Stephanie L. Craig – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework can be applied to a variety of instructional contexts and activities, and individualized education program (IEP) meetings are one such context. The primary principle of the framework is to provide teachers with guidelines for designing and implementing instruction that can be adapted to meet the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Individualized Education Programs, Educational Principles, Meetings
Download full textEileen Murphy; Tyrus Parker; Carrie Portrie; Jess Carson – Carsey School of Public Policy, 2024
All New Hampshire public school districts must provide access to a free appropriate public education for preschool-aged children with an identified disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B. Children identified under IDEA Part B have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) to support their learning. Some…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Preschool Education, Access to Education, Students with Disabilities
Lauren J. Lieberman; Sarah Fuller; Jana Moran – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2025
Students with qualifying disabilities have the right to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA, 2004). An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a legally binding document that maps out the students' educational program, including any specially designed instruction and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Educational Quality
Zirkel, Perry A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
This article delineates the four successive dimensions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's (IDEA) central obligation of "free appropriation public education" that the courts have developed thus far: (a) procedural, (b) substantive, (c) incomplete implementation of the last Individualized Education Program (IEP), and (d)…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
Kathy Gee; Diane L. Ryndak; Mary Fisher; Virginia L. Walker – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2024
Despite the repeated documentation of the positive outcomes for students with extensive support needs (ESN) when they are included in general education settings and receive access to state-adopted general education standards, there has been little systemic progress on the inclusion of students with ESN across most states. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: General Education, Students with Disabilities, Access to Education, Special Needs Students
Placement of Students at Authorized Entities (Nonpublic Agencies -- NPAs). Report to the Legislature
Scott Raub – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2024
In some instances, a local school district may determine that it cannot provide free appropriate public education (FAPE) for a student with a disability within their district. In partnership with the student's family and teachers, the district may decide that the student would be best served in a private school or facility better suited to meet…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Students with Disabilities, State Policy, Access to Education
Ruby Batz; Sheresa Boone Blanchard – Exceptional Children, 2025
How do special education-related professionals parenting children with disabilities experience the special education system? This qualitative exploratory study delves into the experiences of 25 mother-educators who are special education-related professionals navigating the special education system for their children with disabilities. Through…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Child Rearing, Parents, Disabilities
Katie DiCola; Alexandra Antosy; Dara M. Steinberg – Continuity in Education, 2023
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly affected the educational system. Historically, children with hematological and oncological conditions have experienced academic challenges. A retrospective chart review was conducted. Charts reviewed included children with oncology or hematology conditions, whose parents expressed…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Parent Attitudes, Chronic Illness
District of Columbia Public Schools, 2024
The purpose of this guidebook is to: (1) Assist Speech-Language Pathology service providers as they support the educational goals of eligible students with disabilities in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS); and (2) Ensure that all Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) operate with the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Public Schools, Reliability
Zirkel, Perry A. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2021
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) continues to account for an expansive and expensive segment of education litigation. The most longstanding remedy under the IDEA is tuition reimbursement, interpreted broadly to include not only private school tuition, but also related transportation and stand-alone related services. Probably…
Descriptors: Tuition, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, 2024
The Ohio "Operating Standards for the Education of Children with Disabilities" identify the state requirements and federal Part B Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) requirements that apply to the implementation of special education and related services to students with disabilities by school districts, county…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, State Standards, Special Education, Related Services (Special Education)
Placement of Students at Authorized Entities (Nonpublic Agencies -- NPAs). Report to the Legislature
Scott Raub – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2023
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is required, under Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill (E2SSB) 5315 (2023), to submit an annual report to the Legislature regarding the placement of students receiving special education services at entities known as nonpublic agencies (NPAs). As of December 2023, there are 94 NPAs…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Special Education, Private Schools, Students with Disabilities
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
An IEP is an Individualized Education Program. When a child is identified with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) a child has a right to a Free, Appropriate, Public Education (FAPE). For a child to receive FAPE there has to be an IEP developed in order for the child to progress in the general education…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Teamwork
Ashley Currin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Throughout special education history, students with disabilities have been denied appropriate services and excluded from their general education peers. While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that all students with disabilities ages 3-21 have access to a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Access to Education, Equal Education, Student Participation
