and collect data that help determine eligibility for IDEA funds. Enforcing special education law and the civil rights of students with disabilities The Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, is the ...

or IDEA. And the department issues regulations and guidance to help states understand how to follow the law. OSEP, the Office of Special Education Programs, has an oversight responsibility and ...

Court order ends California's ban on certain special education funds for religious schools, ensuring equal access for ...

Special education advocates ... Congress tasked the department with "administering and carrying out" the IDEA law and other federal programs for children with disabilities. Congress would have ...

A new law triggered by a lawsuit will ensure public school students in Washington are offered special education instruction ...

The 1979 law establishing the Education Department specifically created the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Congress tasked the department with “administering and carrying out ...