IDEA is?

IDEA is?

• A. Increased funding for general education
• B. The renaming in 1990 of P. L. 94-142
• C. Required standardized testing in all grades
• D. Created the first special education law

Answer: (B)

IDEA is the federal law that governs how states provide special education and related services to children with disabilities. The correct interpretation is that IDEA is the renaming and reauthorization of the earlier Education for All Handicapped Children Act from 1975 (Public Law 94-142) in 1990. This renaming reflects a broader, more inclusive framework for supporting students with disabilities, including requirements for individualized education programs (IEPs), free appropriate public education (FAPE), and placement in the least restrictive environment, with strong parental involvement. The other options don’t fit because IDEA isn’t about increasing funding for general education, nor does it mandate standardized testing in all grades, and it didn’t create the first special education law—the 1975 act did.

IDEA is the federal law that governs how states provide special education and related services to children with disabilities. The correct interpretation is that IDEA is the renaming and reauthorization of the earlier Education for All Handicapped Children Act from 1975 (Public Law 94-142) in 1990. This renaming reflects a broader, more inclusive framework for supporting students with disabilities, including requirements for individualized education programs (IEPs), free appropriate public education (FAPE), and placement in the least restrictive environment, with strong parental involvement.

The other options don’t fit because IDEA isn’t about increasing funding for general education, nor does it mandate standardized testing in all grades, and it didn’t create the first special education law—the 1975 act did.