Special Education Laws

The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)

The Purpose of the IDEA is:

(A) to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living;

(B) to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities and parents of such children are protected; and

(C) to assist States, localities, educational service agencies, and Federal agencies to provide for the education of all children with disabilities;

20 USC Sec. 1400(d)

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
The purposes of this chapter are:

(1) to empower individuals with disabilities to maximize employment, economic self-sufficiency, independence, and inclusion and integration into society, through—

(A) statewide workforce investment systems implemented in accordance with title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 [29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.] that include, as integral components, comprehensive and coordinated state-of-the-art programs of vocational rehabilitation;

(B) independent living centers and services;

(C) research;

(D) training;

(E) demonstration projects; and

(F) the guarantee of equal opportunity; and

(2) to ensure that the Federal Government plays a leadership role in promoting the employment of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with significant disabilities, and in assisting States and providers of services in fulfilling the aspirations of such individuals with disabilities for meaningful and gainful employment and independent living.

29 USC Sec. 701(b)

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The purpose of the ADA is:

(1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities;

(2) to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination against individuals with disabilities;

(3) to ensure that the Federal Government plays a central role in enforcing the standards established in this chapter on behalf of individuals with disabilities; and

(4) to invoke the sweep of congressional authority, including the power to enforce the fourteenth amendment and to regulate commerce, in order to address the major areas of discrimination faced day-to-day by people with disabilities.

42 USC Sec. 12101(b)

The State of Tennessee Department of Special Education- provides many links to forms you can find many of them online at CLICK HERE or click below for a direct link to each form named below:

1. Administrative Complaint Form
2. Mediation Request Form
3. Mediation Request Form (In Spanish)
4. Due Process Hearing Request
5. Due Process Hearing Request (In Spanish)

1.Protections for Undocumented Children Fact Sheet - ALL CHILDREN HAVE A RIGHT TO ATTEND SCHOOL!

2. Protecciones para ninos indocumentados - Todos Los Ninos Tienen Derecho de Asistir a la Escuela

3. Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your RIghts and Responsibilities, U.S. Department of Education July 2002 Hosted by WrightsLaw

4. Information Sheet on the New Tennessee Law on Restraint and Isolation in Public Schools

5. Transition Information Conference for Knoxville and East Tennessee on March 10, 2012

Links to additional Special Education Laws and Regulations

Title 34 Code of Federal Regulations Part 300-- Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities

 

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