Department Submits the 45th Annual Report to Congress on Nation’s Progress Related to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

WASHINGTON (March 26, 2024)—The U.S. Department of Education submitted its 2023 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) annual report to Congress last week.

The 45th Annual Report to Congress, compiled by the Office of Special Education Programs, focuses on children and student with disabilities who received services specific to IDEA Part C for infants and toddlers or IDEA Part B for children and youth.

The report summarizes U.S. progress in:

1. providing a free appropriate public education for children with disabilities under IDEA, Part B, and early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families under IDEA, Part C;
2. ensuring that the rights of these children with disabilities and their parents are protected;
3. assisting states and localities in providing IDEA services to all children with disabilities; and
4. assessing the effectiveness of efforts to provide IDEA services to children with disabilities.

Read the 45th Annual Report to Congress preface or view the full report.

Last modified on March 26, 2024