LAW ANALYSIS PART I
“Laws in Special Education”
Directions: Complete the grid with information on three major laws: Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), Section 504, and the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA).
IDEA (2004) Section 504 (1973) ADA (1990)
Purpose Legislation that states A section of civil rights A civil rights law that
that schools need to law to include prohibits
provide FAPE to all assistance for discrimination against
children with any kind of individuals who need individuals based on
disability and have help but may not meet disability in all areas of
evaluation procedure to criteria for special the public sector.
detect a disability in a education
suspected student free of
charge.
Ages covered From birth to the age of From about ages 3 to Primarily adults and
21. 21. children benefit from
ADA in their access to
schools and other
businesses
Disabilities Intellectual disabilities; The disabilities are a All Disabilities.Any
covered hearing impairments; bit bigger than the ones person who (1) has a
visual impairments; defined in IDEA. physical or mental
deaf-blindness; Mental or physical impairment that
speech/language impairment Covers substantially limits one
impairments; orthopedic students who have a or more major life
impairments; autism; condition that activities, (2) has a
traumatic brain injury; substantially limits a record of such an
specific learning major life activity impairment or (3) is
disabilities; other health succeed in school. regarded as having
impairments; multiple such an impairment.
disabilities; emotional Major life activities
disturbance; include walking,
developmental delay seeing, hearing,
speaking, breathing,
Dispute
resolution
Evaluation
procedures
Evaluation by trained There isn't an
professionals, evaluation needed like
incorporating for an IEP, but the
information from teacher students must exhibit
and family. that they have a
No requirement for use disability via reviewed
of discrepancy model school work, medical
Use RTI information records, direct
contributes observation ect.
Regularly monitored
with measurable goals
Hold a meeting with the Not addressed
person in charge of The school may
educational decisions for develop a 504 Plan, but
the student. A way to the plan does not have
help prevent is document to be written. Section
every single little thing. 504 does not require a
Keeping the parents well meeting before a
informed is key. change in placement.
Use the ADA
mediation program to
deal with complaints.
learning, working,
caring for oneself, and
performing manual
tasks.
Not addressed.
