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Reflections On The New Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act, Mark Weber

College of Law Faculty

The new Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act leaves the basics of federal special education law intact, but makes important changes along the periphery. Special education is now much more closely aligned with the No Child Left Behind initiative. The new law allocates funds for the education of children not yet found eligible for special education and pushes school districts to provide services to special education-eligible children in religious and other private schools. It changes eligibility determination rules for children with learning disabilities. It alters dispute resolution procedures. Finally, it makes disciplinary procedures somewhat harsher for children with disabilities, while …