How Are Bills to Reauthorize IDEA Different? How Do They Differ from the Current Law?
You know that the House and Senate bills to reauthorize IDEA are different. Many readers have asked how the bills are different from each other and how they are different from the current law (IDEA-97). We could not answer these questions – until now. On June 24, the National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS) published a side-by-side analysis of Senate Bill 1248, House Bill 1350 and IDEA 97. You can download “Side by Side Comparison of Senate Bill 1248 (passed on May 13, 2004) and House Bill 1350 (passed on April 30, 2003) with Parts A and B of the IDEA (Current Law) in pdf from http://www.wrightslaw.com/law/idea/sidebyside.06.04.pdf or from the NAPAS website (see right side of screen) To learn more about reauthorization issues, including reports, surveys and recommendations about how the law may be changed, please visit the IDEA Resources page.
