U.S. Department Of Education Guidance Memo On Individuals With Disabilities Education Act & Grade Level Standards For Individualized Education Programs

This document was released on November 16, 2015 by the U.S. Department of Education. The guidance memo is about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and provisions related to grade-level standards for individualized education programs (IEP) for students with disabilities. The memo clarifies that the IDEA requires that IEPs be aligned with the state’-level academic content standards for the grade in which the child is enrolled . . .