U.S. Department of Education’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
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Whether you are a student, parent, educator, service provider, or grantee,
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want to find information and explore resources on infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.
The IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to more than 8 million (as of school year 2022-23) eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.
Infants and toddlers, birth through age 2, with disabilities and their families receive early intervention services under IDEA Part C.
Children and youth ages 3 through 21 receive special education and related services under IDEA Part B.