Education department holding IDEA forums for the public. -January 2005

Bush remarks at IDEA signing ceremony from the U.S. Department of Education. -December 2004

Analysis of IDEA Reauthorization. The IDEA has been re-authorized. -November 2004

Congress passes IDEA Reauthorization and backs Special-Ed. changes discipline issues, parent disputes and paperwork addressed. -November 2004

Compromise reached on IDEA. Conferees pass compromise for 6.5 Million Special-Ed. Pupils. -November 2004

Update on IDEA Reauthorization from the DREDF Rapid Response Network (RRN). -October 2004

Recent Legislative developments on the appointment of Senate Conferees to the Senate IDEA bill. -September 2004

More on IDEA Passage from Associated Press. The Senate voted to make the first major changes in the special education law in seven years. -May 2004

IDEA passes, Senate approved its IDEA bill, S. 1248 (substituted as HR1350). -May 2004

Take Action to Preserve Enforcement of IDEA! From the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) IDEA Rapid Response Network (RRN). -April 2004

Children with disabilities under "No Child Left Behind"(NCLB) What do we really mean? -April 2004

Comparison of IDEA, 1997; HR 1350; and S1248. -April 2004

Parent opposition to Congress's urging Senate not to vote on special education law. -February 2004

Update on IDEA Reauthorization from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). -December 2003

Update on IDEA Reauthorization from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF).-November 2003

Update on IDEA Reauthorization from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). -September 2003

National Council on Disability says it's time to make IDEA work better. -July 2003

Senate panel approves Bill for students with disabilities (IDEA). -June 2003

Update on IDEA Reauthorization from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). -June 2003

Ohio Congresswoman Kaptur's letter on IDEA. The landmark bill that has opened the schoolhouse doors for millions of American children for more than a quarter of a century. -June 2003

ACTION ALERT! Captioning funding jeopardized and Communication Access needs ignored! Senate's IDEA reauthorization bill. -June 2003
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Don't Leave Us Behind! A National Rally to Preserve Civil Rights, under IDEA, for students with disabilities. -June 2003

Senate to act soon on IDEA Reauthorization. Urge Senators from your state to support a Senate IDEA bill. -June 2003

Disability law and juvenile justice as Congress debates the reauthorization of IDEA. -May 2003

H.R. 1350 will not accomplish the goals of its proponents improving educational results for children with disabilities. -May 2003

Our Children Left Behind. Parents working together on the IDEA reauthorization has created Our Children Left Behind website. -May 2003

Action Alert SAVE IDEA! CONTACT YOUR SENATORS. -May 2003

More information about House IDEA Vote. The House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 1350, "Improving Education Results for Children with Disabilities Act" with a variety of amendments. -May 2003

Houses approves bad IDEA legislation. The House IDEA vote fell largely along party lines, with Republicans supporting the measure and all but 34 Democrats opposing it. -May 2003

ACTION ALERT!! Preserve IDEA. -April 2003

ACTION ALERT!! IDEA in serious jeopardy. -April 2003

ACTION ALERT!! IDEA Reauthorization (H.R. 1350) on the move (MS Word). This is the key House bill for IDEA reauthorization and presents a substantial rewriting of the law. -April 2003

Action needed immediately! Critical IDEA protections threatened by House Reauthorization Bill. -March 2003

Summary of TEAM Coalition's IDEA Recommendations. -March 2003