Edited by Lisa Bocchino

It's your responsibility to ensure your special education program and services comply with IDEA, Section 504 and FERPA -- but carving out the time to research your legal duties just doesn't happen. Introducing your tip-a-day guide to compliance success, with a year's worth of action steps you can take to meet legal requirements.

Covering 30 topic areas from A (Accessibility) to T (Transportation), each tip is a concise 2 or 3 sentences that get right to the heart of the challenge and deliver guidance you can use right away to:

• Ensure student accommodation plans are implemented with fidelity
• Share student information with substitutes
• Accurately record and count days of removal
• Communicate with parents to avoid disputes
• Write prior written notices that are understandable to parents
• Plus hundreds more tips!