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Special Education: IDEA

IDEA Provides Guidance

Image of classroom with a chalkboard, and bulletin board. A world globe is on one table, and a white easel with text on it is in front.

Text reads: I D E A:

Defines special education and standards for its implementation.
Guides school systems in providing special education services. Each state has the authority to determine its own policies for implementing I D E A.

IDEA provides the framework, but each state and the Department of Defense are responsible for establishing their own special education policies that implement IDEA.

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