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Whose IDEA is this?

 

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Whose IDEA Is This?
A Parent's Guide to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
(effective July 1, 2008; corrected Aug. 29, 2008)
Whose IDEA Is This? August 29, 2008 Changes [PDF format]

In Ohio, Whose IDEA Is This? A Parent’s Guide to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) serves as the Procedural Safeguards Notice in accordance with and as required by 34 Code of Federal Regulations Part 300.504.  In November 2004, the United States Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA).  This new version of the federal law governing special education became effective July 1, 2005.  The federal regulations implementing the IDEA (34 Code of Federal Regulations Part 300) were effective October 13, 2006.  The Ohio law governing the education of students with disabilities (Chapter 3323 of the Revised Code) were updated effective September 29, 2007 to conform with IDEA, and the state rules in chapter 3301-51of the Administrative Code implementing the Ohio law were updated effective July 1, 2008.  These rules are referred to the Operating Standards for Ohio Educational Agencies Serving Children with Disabilities. The school district must give parents of a child with a disability a copy of Whose IDEA Is This? once a year, and at each of the following times:
  1. Upon initial referral or parental request for evaluation;
  2. Upon receipt of the first state complaint in a school year;
  3. Upon the receipt of a filing of a due process complaint in a school year; 
  4. Upon a change in placement because of disciplinary action; and
  5. Upon request by a parent.

A school district may place a current copy on its Web site.  However, Web site posting shall not be the sole method of providing the procedural safeguards notice.  The school district must still provide a printed copy of the procedural safeguards notice.

Whose IDEA Is This?  A Parents Guide to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (effective July 1, 2008; corrected Aug. 29, 2008: see pages 3, 10, 44 and Due Process Compliant and Request for Due Process Form) [PDF format, 74 pp.]

Changes to “Whose IDEA Is This?”
from the July 1, 2008 version to the August 29, 2008 version
Changes to the document were very minor and for your convenience are summarized below.  The date and page number of the changes made in the August 29th version is noted on the cover page.  It is recommended that the attached document be printed out and inserted into already printed copies of the July 1, 2008 version of  “Whose IDEA Is This?”  In this way, new copies do not have to be made.  If you have questions, they may be emailed to Ann.Guinan@ode.state.oh.us.

For further information, contact SSTR11:

Joe Farry, M.A. email Joe Farry
Family Resource Consultant
614.753.4680

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