Thursday, October 6, 2011

IDEA determination letters.

IDEA determination letters. As required by law, the Department has issued determination lettersregarding states' implementation of the Individuals withDisabilities Education Act (IDEA). Each state was evaluated on keyindicators under Part B (ages 3 through 21) and Part C (infants throughage 2) and placed into one of four categories: meets requirements, needsassistance, needs intervention, and needs substantial intervention.Staff carefully considered states' Annual Performance Reports,information obtained through monitoring visits, and other records. Moststates fell into the top two categories; 28 states met requirements forPart B, and 27 states met requirements for Part C. No states were inneeds substantial intervention on either part. For states in the lowercategories, the IDEA identifies technical assistance or actions whichthe agency must take under specific circumstances. The agency works withstates that need assistance or intervention using its network oftechnical assistance centers. New determination letters are issuedannually.

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