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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004) is a United States law that mandates equity, accountability, and excellence in education for children with disabilities. As of 2018, approximately seven million students enrolled in U.S. schools receive special education services due to a disability.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a piece of American legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided with a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) that is tailored to their individual needs. IDEA was previously known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) from 1975 to
District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999: Provided funding for students in Washington, D.C. to attend universities in Maryland and Virginia at in-state tuition. Pub. L. 106–98 (text) 2000 (No short title) Amended the Higher Education Act to streamline the grant application process for tribal colleges. Pub. L. 106–211 (text) 2000
Sep. 15—WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Bellefonte, this week led the effort to advance H.R. 5646 — the Stop Campus Hazing Act — through the House Committee on Education ...
The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325, ADAAA) is an Act of Congress, effective January 1, 2009, that amended the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and other disability nondiscrimination laws at the Federal level of the United States. [1]
Title IX of the 1972 Higher Education Act Amendments [31] protect all sexes from pre-admission inquiries with regard to pregnancy, parental status, family or marital status. It can be seen that this act also protects against such inquiry regarding inter-sexed, transsexual, transgender or androgynous individuals.
The intention of Section 504 was to impact employment of people with disabilities, thus included education. [9] Section 504 was the first national civil rights legislation that provided equal access for students with disabilities to higher education institutions receiving federal financial assistance. [10]
Affordable College Textbook Act [6] This bill directs the Department of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education or states to support projects that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes.