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Authorized grants for state institutions and state-operated schools dedicated to educating children with disabilities—this was the first federal grant program specifically aimed at children and youth with disabilities.
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Created the first federal grant program focused on the education of children and youth with disabilities at the local school level, rather than at state-operated schools or institutions. Additionally, it established the Bureau of Education of the Handicapped (BEH) and the National Advisory Council, which is now known as the National Council on Disability.
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Established a series of programs designed to enhance and expand special education services, which later came to be known as discretionary programs.
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Established a core grant program for state and local educational agencies, now referred to as Part B, and authorized several discretionary programs.
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Established two key laws: the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1974, which was the first to address the right to an appropriate education for all children with disabilities, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which grants parents (and students over 18) the right to access and review records in a student’s personal file.
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Required a free and appropriate public education for all children with disabilities, guaranteed due process rights, and mandated the development of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE).
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Reauthorized discretionary programs, created services to support school-to-work transitions through research and demonstration projects, established parent training and information centers, and provided funding for demonstration projects and research in early intervention and early childhood special education.
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Provided services for preschoolers and established the Part H program to help states develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and statewide system of early intervention services for infants, now known as Part C.
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Reauthorized and expanded discretionary programs, mandated transition services, defined assistive technology, and added autism and traumatic brain injury to the list of disability categories.
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Focused primarily on the Part H Program (Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities).
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Shifted the focus from access to schools to access to the general education curriculum, required all students with disabilities to participate in state and district-wide assessments, added a developmental delay category at the state's discretion for children ages 3 through 9, expanded options for dispute resolution, included provisions for discipline, and renamed Part H to Part C.
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Aligned IDEA with the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), defined "highly qualified special education teacher," expanded dispute resolution options, established NIMAS and NIMAC for instructional materials access, allowed IDEA funds for early intervening services, and ensured services for students in private schools, and those who are homeless or highly mobile.
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