Number: RS20226
Title: INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT: AMENDMENT CONTAINED IN S. 254, 106TH CONGRESS
Authors: Nancy Lee Jones, American Law Division 
Abstract: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq., provides federal funds to the states to assist them in providing an education for children with disabilities. As a condition for the receipt of these funds, IDEA contains requirements on the provision of services and detailed due process procedures. In 1997 Congress amended IDEA in the most comprehensive and controversial reauthorization since IDEA's original enactment in 1975. One of the most contentious issues addressed in the 1997 legislation related to the disciplinary procedures applicable to children with disabilities. This issue was raised again in Amendment 355 to S. 254, 106th Congress, the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999, which passed the Senate on May 20, 1999.
Pages: 5
Date: Updated June 8, 1999