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August 4, 2006
Finally, IDEA final regs releasedThe U.S. Department of Education released the final regulations for Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Thursday, concluding a process that started in January 2005 with a series of meetings to collect public input to develop the new rules. See NSBA's comments here.
ED has posted an unofficial copy of the final regulations. The final regulations are not significantly different from the proposed regulations published in June 2005, ED officials said. They provided additional clarifications and details on specific topics. Secretary Margaret Spellings said that the IDEA regulations have been aligned with the No Child Left Behind Act to ensure students with disabilities are held to high expectations. The official regulations will be published in the Federal Register in about two weeks.
On a related issue, states and districts still await ED's final 2 percent rule and guidance on developing modified assessments. ED officials said they will "work quickly" on the rule, but also suggested that states will not be able to implement these modified assessments in the upcoming school year. See NSBA's comments .
Posted August 4, 2006 11:23 AM | Special Education
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