Fed Regist. 2016 Dec 19;81(243):92376-464.
The Secretary amends the regulations under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governing the Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities program and the Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities program. With the goal of promoting equity under IDEA, the regulations will establish a standard methodology States must use to determine whether significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity is occurring in the State and in its local educational agencies (LEAs); clarify that States must address significant disproportionality in the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary actions, including suspensions and expulsions, using the same statutory remedies required to address significant disproportionality in the identification and placement of children with disabilities; clarify requirements for the review and revision of policies, practices, and procedures when significant disproportionality is found; and require that LEAs identify and address the factors contributing to significant disproportionality as part of comprehensive coordinated early intervening services (comprehensive CEIS) and allow these services for children from age 3 through grade 12, with and without disabilities.
教育部部长修订了《残疾人教育法》（IDEA）B部分下的法规，这些法规适用于“向各州提供的残疾儿童教育援助计划”和“残疾儿童学前教育补助金计划”。为实现《残疾人教育法》规定的促进公平的目标，这些法规将确立一种标准方法，各州必须使用该方法来确定本州及其地方教育机构（LEA）是否存在基于种族和族裔的重大不均衡现象；明确各州必须使用解决残疾儿童鉴定和安置方面重大不均衡现象所需的相同法定补救措施，来解决纪律处分（包括停学和开除）在发生率、持续时间和类型方面的重大不均衡问题；明确在发现重大不均衡现象时对政策、做法和程序进行审查和修订的要求；并要求地方教育机构将导致重大不均衡现象的因素识别出来并加以解决，作为全面协调早期干预服务（全面CEIS）的一部分，并且为3岁至12年级的残疾和非残疾儿童提供这些服务。
