Special Education
Entries across the digest that deal with special education.
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Education & Youth
Individualized Education Programs Under IDEA
An IEP is a binding written plan for one child, produced by a team that includes the parents, and judged by whether it is reasonably calculated to enable progress appropriate to that child.
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Education & Youth
Section 504 Plans and School Accommodations
Section 504 reaches a wider group of students than IDEA and obliges districts to provide accommodations, but its procedures are thinner and district policy supplies most of the detail.
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Education & Youth
Disability Accommodations in Higher Education
After high school, Section 504 and the ADA replace IDEA. There is no IEP and no duty to find students, so the student must self-identify, document, and ask.
