The United States Department of Education, the same department that some candidates running for president want to abolish, has an office that dedicates its efforts to a program that improves results for young people who have disabilities. Leadership and financial support is available for those who need it from birth up to and including age 21. Special education is available for students who
. qualify to receive it, and it costs parents nothing. It provides programs and special enrollments that attempt to guarantee that all students receive services to meet education needs.Special education is in place to provide additional services, support, programs, specialized placements or environments to ensure that all students' educational needs are provided for.The Wrights Law site at http://www.wrightslaw.com/ provides a vast assortment of links to sites that may help one find the legal information one requires. In addition, it gives a reader many links to obtain background articles and resources that one may choose to read. The site is an advocate for special education and it purports to provide reliable references for those who seek to help children who have disabilities. Two important links on the site take a reader to the Advocacy Libraries and the Law Libraries.The ED site at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html provides a link to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 where one may read the provisions of the law in detail. Individual states have a say in how special education programs are presented, and the site at http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Foundation/Laws/specialed.php is an example of how that works. The site points a reader to The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and the 1986 Amendments to the Preschool and Infant/Toddler Programs in addition to others. The site contains encapsulated specifics that are contained in various laws.Anyone who needs to understand the provisions available for students with special needs may find research materials in abundance online. More reference links: http://www.wrightslaw.com/ http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
