IDEA
- Used to ensure students with disabilities have availability to a free appropriate education
- created to protect students
- ages 3-21
- Defined categories of disabilities
ADA
- purpose to provide clear standards and ensure that people with disabilities have rights of employment, public services, and accommodations
Section 504
- first effort to protect people with disabilities from discrimination
- individuals with disabilities have equal access to facilities/services
- Both have evaluation procedures in place
- Both civil rights laws
- not funded
- protect people with disabilities
