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DePaul University

2007

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Services For Private School Students Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act: Issues Of Statutory Entitlement, Religious Liberty, And Procedural Regularity, Mark C. Weber Jan 2007

Services For Private School Students Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act: Issues Of Statutory Entitlement, Religious Liberty, And Procedural Regularity, Mark C. Weber

Mark C. Weber

Government support for private schooling has been a topic of public discussion from the beginning of the administration of President George Bush. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (“Improvement Act”) amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) with regard to (among other things) publicly funded services for children with disabilities who attend private schools. This Article describes the private school student provisions of the new law, demonstrating that the Improvement Act represents continuity in the field of special education services for children in private education. The Article then takes up three issues regarding services for private …