10. It is part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which is the main special education law that seeks to guarantee free and public education for students with disabilities. Zero Reject. The zero reject principle is one of those guiding the implementation of the Education for all Handicapped Children Act (P.L 94- 142). Once identified, with parental permission, all students identified as having disability and requiring special education are to receive an education based on their individual needs. Individualized education pro-gram: Each child with a disability who is deemed eligible will receive an individualized educa-tion program (IEP) describing his or her specific educational and service needs, with parent partici- The 6 principles of the IDEA are: 1 Zero Reject, 2 Non-Discriminatory Evaluation, 3 Appropriate Education, 4 Least Restrictive Environment, 5 Procedural Due Process, 6 Parent Participation.-Zero Reject principle means that no school may exclude any student ages 3-21 who has a disability and must educate each student, without regard to the type or extent of the student’s disability. Zero reject mandates that no student with a disability will be explicitly or functionally excluded from the provision of FAPE. Child find/zero reject School districts are required by law to seek out and identify every eligible student with a disability living within their jurisdiction. The major principle of zero reject is that: a. 1). zero reject. History * Rehabilitation Act (Section 504): (1973) Discrimination of handicapped addressed for the first time in this section. a basic principle of IDEA specifying that no student with a disability, not matter what kind or how severe, can be denied a free public education. Zero Reject • IDEA was designed so that no child is denied a free public education, such that the idea that a child cannot be educated due to a disability is unacceptable. Zero reject is an educational philosophy which says that no child can be denied an education because they are "uneducable". • For the purposes of IDEA, a child includes anyone from age 3 to 22. To improve implementation of the zero-reject principle: Incorporate the statement of national goals and policies for persons with disabilities as set out in the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Schools must provide an education for every student, regardless of the type or extent of a student's disability b. Each school-aged person (student) with a disability has a right to be educated and included in a system of free appropriate public education (FAPE). It gives all disabled children the right to appropriate education irrespective of the severity of their disability. educating each child with peers in the regular classroom to the greatest extent possible. “child find,” and the principle is known as “zero reject,” meaning that no child can be denied an education 3. Zero Reject. Schools must provide an education for all students who are "ready" to learn 1. Timothy W. v. Rochester, New Hampshire, School District, case in which the U.S.First Circuit Court of Appeals on May 24, 1989, ruled that, under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA; now the Individuals with Disabilities Act [IDEA]), school boards were required to provide special-education services to any disabled student regardless of the severity of his or her disabilities. IDEA supports the Zero Reject principle in several ways. least restrictive environment. Qualified people applying for employment could not be discriminated against because of disability Rights and Duties and Partnership Rights and Duties * • Students with the most severe disabilities must not be excluded.