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The Section 504 regulation requires a school district to provide a “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) to each qualified person with a disability who is in the school district’s jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the person’s disability. This pamphlet answers the following questions about FAPE according to ...
300.156 Personnel qualifications. (a) General. The SEA must establish and maintain qualifications to ensure that personnel necessary to carry out the purposes of this part are appropriately and adequately prepared and trained, including that those personnel have the content knowledge and skills to serve children with disabilities. (b) Related services personnel and paraprofessionals. The ...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act website brings together department and grantee IDEA information and resources. The IDEA makes available a free appropriate public education to and ensures special education and related services to eligible children with disabilities.
This guidance focuses primarily on Section 504. Section 504 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education. Title II prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by state and local governments.
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 ( IDEA) authorizes formula grants to ...
The IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to more than 7.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. For more information on how New Jersey implements the IDEA, visit New Jersey’s state agencies. idea_statepages-template-default single ...
The purpose of these grants is to decrease the use of subminimum wages and increase access to competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities. These VR agencies will receive funding from the Disability Innovation Fund to support increasing access for people with disabilities to jobs that pay good wages.
This Q&A provides states, state educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies, and other interested parties with information to facilitate implementation of the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard and coordination with the National Instructional Materials Access Center. NIMAC assists states in meeting the needs of students with disabilities who require accessible ...