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The '''Individuals with Disabilities Education Act''' ('''IDEA''') is a piece of [[United States|American]] [[legislation]] that ensures students with a disability are provided with a [[Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)]] that is tailored to their individual needs. IDEA was previously known as the '''Education for All Handicapped Children Act''' (EHA) from 1975 to 1990. In 1990, the [[United States Congress]] reauthorized EHA and changed the title to IDEA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/idea35/history/index_pg10.html|title= Thirty-five Years of Progress in Educating Children With Disabilities Through IDEA-- Pg 10 | department = Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121126192251/https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/idea35/history/index_pg10.html | archive-date = 2012-11-26 |date=2016-04-27|website= US Department of Education|language=en|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> Overall, the goal of IDEA is to provide children with disabilities the same opportunity for education as those students who do not have a disability. | The '''Individuals with Disabilities Education Act''' ('''IDEA''') is a piece of [[United States|American]] [[legislation]] that ensures students with a disability are provided with a [[Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)]] that is tailored to their individual needs. IDEA was previously known as the '''Education for All Handicapped Children Act''' (EHA) from 1975 to 1990. In 1990, the [[United States Congress]] reauthorized EHA and changed the title to IDEA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/idea35/history/index_pg10.html|title= Thirty-five Years of Progress in Educating Children With Disabilities Through IDEA-- Pg 10 | department = Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121126192251/https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/idea35/history/index_pg10.html | archive-date = 2012-11-26 |date=2016-04-27|website= US Department of Education|language=en|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> Overall, the goal of IDEA is to provide children with disabilities the same opportunity for education as those students who do not have a disability. | ||