How will IDEA 97 prevent inappropriate placements for minority students?
Whether the child is a minority student or not, IDEA 97 emphasizes that for most students with disabilities, special education is not a place. Rather, special education is a set of services to support the needs of students with disabilities to succeed in general education classrooms. 6. How will this law help school districts meet the costs of special education? The new law directs more federal dollars to school districts and allows them greater flexibility to meet the needs of students with disabilities in their schools. States and other public agencies will continue their level of support to school districts. Unnecessary assessments will be eliminated, saving school districts an estimated $765 million per year. 7. How does IDEA promote safe, well-disciplined schools? All students deserve safe and well-disciplined schools. For the first time, the new law sets out and clarifies how school disciplinary rules and the obligation to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education to disabled s
