•Ensures
that children with disabilities are provided with a FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education)
•Applies
to children, birth through 21 years old
•Provides
for IEP’s
[Link to “What is an IEP” slide]
•Calls
for education in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
•Initially
enacted into law in 1975 (as PL 94-142) and reauthorized in 1997 and 2004.