Table of Contents

OVERVIEW

I. IDEA: A Brief History and Our Approach

II. IDEA (as amended in 2004) and Its Relationship to the No Child Left Behind Act

III. IDEA and Its Relationship to Civil Rights Laws – Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act

IV. IDEA and Its Six Principles

V. National Policy and IDEA, Section 1400(c)(1)

VI. Nature of IDEA: Grant-in-Aid, Sections 1411, 1412, and 1413

VII. Major Purposes of IDEA, Section 1400(c)(4) and (5), and Section 1400(d)

VIII. Definitions, Section 1401

ZERO REJECT: THE FIRST OF THE SIX PRINCIPLES

NONDISCRIMINATORY EVALUATION: THE SECOND OF THE SIX PRINCIPLES

APPROPRIATE EDUCATION: THE THIRD OF THE SIX PRINCIPLES

LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT: THE FOURTH OF THE SIX PRINCIPLES

PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS: THE FIFTH OF THE SIX PRINCIPLES

PARENT PARTICIPATION: THE SIXTH OF THE SIX PRINCIPLES

CONCLUSION