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National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, 2020
As the Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) Center states, children with disabilities have the right to participate in everyday activities with their typically developing peers. In inclusive early childhood programs and settings, social and learning activities are designed for the participation of all children. The provision and use of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Educational Indicators, Preschool Children
Kyrie E. Dragoo – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the main federal statute governing special education and early intervention services for children with disabilities from birth through age 21.1 IDEA consists of four parts. Part A contains general provisions, including the purposes of the act and definitions. Part B contains provisions…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
Danaher, Joan – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2011
The identification of young children in need of special education and related services has been an issue with advocates, service providers, parents, researchers, and policy makers for years. The enactment in 1975 of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P. L. 94-142) required states and jurisdictions to provide special education and…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Disabilities, Young Children, Developmental Delays
Ball, Wayne; Beridon, Virginia; Hamre, Kent; Morse, Amanda – Regional Resource Center Program, 2012
This Quick Reference Document has been prepared by the Regional Resource Center Program Fiscal Priority Team to aid RRCP State liaisons and other Technical Assistance (TA) providers in understanding the general context of State questions surrounding Maintenance of State Financial Support (MFS) and Local Educational Agency (LEA) Maintenance of…
Descriptors: Financial Support, State Aid, Disabilities, Related Services (Special Education)
Danaher, Joan – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2004
This document analyzes states' definition of developmental delay and analyzes current eligibility classifications and criteria used by states to identify young children in need of special education and related services. Data were obtained from states' Web sites, the National State Policy Database (2003), and/or provided by coordinators of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria, Young Children, Special Education
Ahearn, Eileen M. – 2001
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that each state education agency (SEA) establish and maintain an advisory panel for the purpose of providing policy guidance with respect to special education and related services for children with disabilities. This document is a brief summary of survey information received from 48…
Descriptors: Administration, Advisory Committees, Budgeting, Budgets