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Introduction. What is IDEA? Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Federal legislation that is the driving force behind special education Provides guidelines that schools must adhere to and protections for parents and students with disabilities

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  1. Introduction • What is IDEA? • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act • Federal legislation that is the driving force behind special education • Provides guidelines that schools must adhere to and protections for parents and students with disabilities • Aims to meet the individual needs of students with disabilities • Originally enacted in 1975 as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act • Amended and reauthorized in 1997 and again in 2004. • (U.S. Department of Education)

  2. IDEA 1997 The reauthorization of IDEA in 1997 brought about many important changes in special education, including how funding from the federal government is allocated. A poverty factor is included in the new funding formula. • What this presentation will address: • Changes in IDEA 1997 • Pros/Cons for special education funding (focus on poverty factor) • Implications for special education

  3. Changes in IDEA 1997 • Regular teachers included in IEP meetings • Transition plans necessary • Copies of friendly version of parental rights • Increased parental rights

  4. Changes in IDEA 1997 • Special education students included in statewide testing • Positive behavioral supports • Manifest determination • Funding formula from special education count to student count and poverty factors

  5. Changes in IDEA 1997 Funding Pros • Poverty factor is the relative number of children living in poverty, as determined by the State Education Agencies (SEA) • States receive an additional 15% for each child living in poverty • Accounted for by the number of students receiving free or reduced lunch

  6. Changes in IDEA 1997 Funding Pros (continued) • Ensures that children with disabilities may attend public schools alongside their peers • Ensures that the disabled student can be included into the regular classroom setting • Improves the quality of education for the special education student

  7. Changes in IDEA 1997 Funding Cons • Some LEAs found that there was a reduction in EC Funds • Lack of a state-wide system to collect private school enrollment data • Problems calculating the poverty factor for other SEAs • Inequities in funding for LEAs with similar responsibilities • Use of free and reduced lunch counts as the poverty indicator; high school students tend not to fully participate in school lunch programs

  8. Implications for Special Education • Ensures access to the general education curriculum • Addresses the cost of improving special education • Gives increased attention to racial, ethnic, and economic diversity

  9. Implications for Special Education (continued) • Provided incentives to whole-school approaches and interventions done before the referral • Focused on teaching and learning while reducing requirements that do not improve educational results.

  10. Implications for Special Education (continued) • Strengthened the role of parents. • “Show me the money!!! $$$$$ • Changes in funding formula • Placed more emphasis on LRE • Gave districts more flexibility

  11. More Implications for Special Education

  12. More Implications for Special Education (continued)

  13. More Implications for Special Education (continued) • Approaches toward Improvement • Identification and Monitoring systems • Equity of services

  14. References • Curran, C. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (PL 105-17) . Retrieved November 2, 2010, from http://www.cengage.com/highered/ Web site: http://college.cengage.com/education/resources/res_prof/students/spec_ed/legislat ion/pl_105-17.html • Flagle, R. (2007). IDEA Amendments of 1997. Raven's Guide to Special Education, Retrieved November 2, 2010 from http://www.seformmatrix.com/raven/raven1b.htm • Funding Formula and fiscal Provisions for Part B: A policy Analysis http://www.nasdse.org/Portals/0/Documents/Download%20Publications/ DFR-0386.pdf • Hardman, M., Drew, C., & Egan. Human Exceptionality: School, community, and family. Pearson Education, Inc. USA • Knoblauch, B. (1997). An Overview of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (P.L. 105-17). Retrieved November 2 , 2010, from Ericdigests.ORG Web site: http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-1/act.html

  15. References • National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum, . (n.d.). Funding mechanisms in special education . Retrieved on November 2, 2010 from http://4.17.143.133/ncac/FundingMechanismsinSpecialEducation2081.cfm • Parish, T. Disparities in the Identification, Funding, and Provision of Special Education. Retrieved on October 31, 2010. • Tschantz, J. (2003, February). Funding formula and fiscal provisions for part b: a policyanalysis. Retrieved October 27, 2010 fromhttp://www.nasdse.org/Portals/0/Documents/Download%20Publications/DFR-0386.pdf • U.S. Department of Education. (2007). A 25 year history of the IDEA. Retrieved November 3, 2010, from http://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/history.html • Yell, M. & Shrinier, J. (1997). IDEA amendments of 1997: Implications for special and general education teachers, administrators, and teacher trainers. Focus on Exceptional Children. Retrieved November 1, 2010 from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3813/is_199709/ai_n8775645/

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