Project IDEAL
Activity 1: Laws in Special Education Answer Key
| |IDEA (2004) |Section 504 (1973) |ADA (1990) |
|Purpose |Reauthorization of IDEA |A section of civil rights law to include |Anti-discrimination law to ensure access to |
| |FAPE , and LRE, through IEP |assistance for individuals who need help but |businesses and other private and public entity. |
| |Consistent with No Child Left Behind |may not meet criteria for special education |Provides for reasonable accommodations for employees.|
| |RTI first, then move to referral | | |
|Ages covered |Public school students, birth to 22 years old |School children and adults |Primarily adults and children benefit from ADA in |
| | | |their access to schools and other businesses |
|Disabilities covered|Intellectual disabilities; hearing impairments; visual impairments; |Persons with disabilities that impact a major|2 major concerns: |
| |deaf-blindness; speech/language impairments; orthopedic impairments; autism; |life function, including education |Applies protection to nonsectarian private schools |
| |traumatic brain injury; specific learning disabilities; other health | |Requires public schools to make reasonable |
| |impairments; multiple disabilities; emotional disturbance; developmental | |accommodations |
| |delay | | |
|Evaluation |Evaluation by trained professionals, incorporating information from teacher |Schools will develop a 504 Plan based on |Documentation of disability. |
|procedures |and family. |documentation received from person with | |
| |No requirement for use of discrepancy model |disability. | |
| |Use RTI information contributes | | |
| |Regularly monitored with measurable goals | | |
|Dispute resolution |Dispute resolution system clarified |Not addressed |The Department of Justice may file lawsuits in |
| | |The school may develop a 504 Plan, but the |federal court to enforce the ADA, and courts may |
| | |plan does not have to be written. Section 504|order compensatory damages to remedy discrimination |
| | |does not require a meeting before a change in|if the Department prevails. |
| | |placement. | |
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