Number: RL32415
Title: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Comparison and Analysis of Selected Provisions in H.R. 1350 as Passed by the House and by the Senate, 108th Congress
Authors: Nancy Lee Jones, American Law Division; and Richard N. Apling, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: IDEA has been amended several times, most recently and most comprehensively by the 1997 IDEA reauthorization, P.L. 105-17, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997. Congress is currently considering the reauthorization of the IDEA, 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.1 H.R. 1350, 108th Congress, passed the House on April 30, 2003. The Senate bill, S. 1248, 108th Congress, was reported out of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on June 25, 2003 and placed on the Senate legislative calendar under general orders on November 3, 2003. On May 13, 2004, the Senate incorporated S. 1248 in H.R. 1350 and passed H.R. 1350 in lieu of S. 1248. A table lists the amendments considered during Senate floor debate of S. 1248, the major sponsors of the amendments, and the results of the consideration of each amendment. This report discusses selected changes that H.R. 1350 (House) and H.R. 1350 (Senate) would make in IDEA.
Pages: 34
Date: Updated June 15, 2004