State Level Activities
Required
Monitoring, enforcement and complaint investigation
Mediation
New Authorized activities
Support and direct services (including technical assistance, personnel preparation, professional development and training)
Paperwork reduction activities (IEP technology)
Positive behavioral supports and mental health services
Improve use of technology in the classroom
Technical assistance to schools and direct services (including supplemental educational services)
CSPD Repealed
Speaker Notes:
Section 611(e)
Authorized activities under IDEA 2004 include:
to support and direct services, including technical assistance, personnel preparation and professional development and training;
to support paperwork reduction activities, including expanding the use of technology in the IEP process;
to assist LEAs in providing positive behavioral interventions and supports and appropriate mental health services for students with disabilities;
to improve the use of technology in the classroom by students with disabilities to enhance learning;
to support the use of technology, including technology with universal design principles and assistive technology devices, to maximize accessibility to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities;
development and implementation of transition programs;
to assist LEAs in meeting personnel shortages;
to support capacity building activities and improve the delivery of services by LEAs to improve results for students with disabilities;
alternative programming for students with disabilities suspended from school and for students with disabilities in correctional facilities, State-operated and State-supported schools and students with disabilities in charter schools;
to support the development and provision of appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities or the development of valid and reliable alternate assessments; and
to provide technical assistance to schools and LEAs and direct services, including supplemental educational services to students with disabilities in schools identified for improvement on the sole basis of the assessment results of the disaggregated subgroup of students with disabilities, including providing professional development to special and regular education teachers based on scientifically-based research to improve educational instruction.