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The U.S. Department of Education submitted its 2023 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) annual report to Congress in March.

The 45th Annual Report to Congress, compiled by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), focuses on children and students 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:

• 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;
• ensuring that the rights of these children with disabilities and their parents are protected;
• assisting states and localities in providing IDEA services to all children with disabilities; and
• assessing the effectiveness of efforts to provide IDEA services to children with disabilities.