PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
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Key Points of FERPA (Family Educational rights and privacy act)
is a federal law that affords parents the right to have access to their children's education
records, the right to seek to have the records amended, and the right to have some
control over the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education
records
When a student turns 18 years old, or enters a postsecondary institution at any
age, the rights under FERPA transfer
from parent to student
Educational Record
Any document or information kept by the school relating to a student, such as
attendance, achievement, behavior, activities, and assessment.
Once students turn 18 or enter college, the institution must have what to release
information in a student's record?
written consent by the student
An exception to FERPA, is that schools have the ability to give out____________
about students without consent.
,Directory Information such as student's name, address, telephone number, date of birth,
place of birth, honors or awards, and dates of attendance at school.
Under FERPA, schools must send an _______________ to students and parents
informing them that they have the right to have their information or their child
directory information barred from release.
annual notice
Key Points of IDEA (individuals with disabilities education improvement act)
ensures that all children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public
education to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education,
employment and independent living.
Children are eligible to receive services under IDEA from birth to
21
to qualify for eligible for IDEA
student must have a documented disability in at least one of the following areas:
intellectual disability, hearing impairment (including deafness), speech or language
impairment, visual impairment (including blindness), serious emotional disturbance,
orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairment, or
specific learning disability. In addition, the student must NEED special education
services as a result of a disability
Under IDEA, all students with disabilities must be given _________ that
addresses their individual needs and helps ready them for higher levels of
education or employment.
Free appropriate public education (FAPE)
, Every student who is eligible to receive special education services under IDEA
must have an__________.
individualized education plan
A student's IEP delineates
what services the student will receive
when and how often
goals for the student's learning
How often must a students individualized education plan be updated under IDEA
yearly
It is required, under IDEA, that each student's IEP ensure that the child receive
the benefits of education in the
least restrictive environment
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
a legal requirement that children with special needs be assigned to the most general
educational context in which they can be expected to learn
U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504)
A civil rights act that protects individuals with disabilities from being discriminated
against or denied equal access to services and opportunities because of their disability.
- IDEA IS ONE OF THOSE PROTECTIONS
Often in school settings, students who do not qualify for special education
services under IDEA may be eligible for accommodations under
Section 504 due to a more inclusive defintion of disability