In June 2005, New Jersey’s Office of Special Education Programs sent out a guidance for Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (IDEA). The guidance is intended to inform school districts and interested parties of the provisions of IDEA 2004 that the New Jersey Department of Education has determined supersede state regulation, or for which there is no state regulation and, therefore, becomes effective in New Jersey on July 1, 2005. In some areas, State regulations confer rights that are consistent with, or in excess of IDEA 2004. The State believes that in these areas, state regulations remain applicable.
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