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components that tie into IDEA: Confidentiality of Information, Transition Services, and Discipline. Throughout
the years of IDEA being reauthorized these components have become key concepts when learning about IDEA.
4.
Section 508 of Rehabilitation Act: requires federal electronic and information technology to be accessible to
people with disabilities, including employees and members of the public. An accessible information technology
system is one that can be operated in a variety of ways and does not rely on a single sense or ability of the user.
The United States Access Board discusses the Section 508 law and its responsibility for developing electronic
and information technology accessibility standards to incorporate into regulations that govern Federal
procurement practices.
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Section 255 of Telecommunications Act: requires all manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and
providers of telecommunications services to ensure that such equipment and services are designed and
developed to be accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, if readily achievable. The FCC has
conducted a rulemaking proceeding to implement this provision and the final Report & Order, released
September 29, 1999 that includes the Regulations in Appendix B.
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21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act: amongst others, requires advanced communications
services and products to be accessible by people with disabilities; requires access to web browsers on mobile
devices by people who are blind or visually impaired; requires an FCC clearinghouse on accessible
communications services and equipment; applies the hearing aid compatibility mandates to telephone-like
equipment used with advanced communications services; and updates the definition of telecommunications
relay services (TRS) to include people who are deaf-blind and to allow communication between and among
different types of relay users, etc.
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In the European Union policymakers still struggle to adopt legally binding legislation (Equality Directive and European
Accessibility Act) that prohibits to such extent disability discrimination, including in education, and requires accessibility
by public and private operators.
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55% percent of children ages 3 through 5 served under IDEA, Part B, are served in regular educational environment:
Fall 2012 (IDEA Annual Report to Congress 2014);
61.5% of children ages 6 through 21 served under IDEA, Part B, are served inside the regular
classroom 80% or more of the day (IDEA Annual Report to Congress 2014);
According to the U.S. Department of Education, approximately 6.5 million children with disabilities receive special
education and related services and are protected by IDEA.
(http://www2.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/osep/2014/index.html).
In 2012, 750,131 children ages 3 through 5 were served under Part B. Of these children, 736,195 were served in the
states for which data were available, the District of Columbia, and BIE schools. This number represented 6 percent