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ADVANCE IDEA

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to more than 7.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.

The IDEA requires each state to develop a state performance plan/annual performance report (SPP/APR) that evaluates the state’s efforts to implement the requirements and purposes of the IDEA and describes how well the state will improve its implementation.

 

The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) uses information from the SPP/APR, information obtained through monitoring visits, and any other public information to annually determine if the state:

 

  • Meets requirements and purposes of IDEA

  • Needs assistance (one year) in implementing the requirements of IDEA

  • Needs assistance (two or more consecutive years) in implementing the requirements of IDEA

  • Needs intervention in implementing the requirements of IDEA

 

In the maps and list below, you can see each U.S. state and territory’s performance in meeting the requirements of IDEA Part B, which serves students with disabilities ages 3 through 21.

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IDEA PART B DETERMINATIONS (2026)

Meet Requirements:

Alabama

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

Missouri

Republic of Marshall Islands

Florida

Nebraska

South Dakota

Illinois

New Hampshire

Texas

Indiana

New Jersey

Virginia

Kansas

Ohio

Wisconsin

Kentucky

Pennsylvania

Wyoming

Needs Assistance (one year):

Maryland

Minnesota

North Dakota

Needs Assistance (two or more consecutive years):

Alaska

Georgia

Oklahoma

American Samoa

Guam

Oregon

Arkansas

Hawaii

Republic of Palau

Arizona

Idaho

Puerto Rico

California

Iowa

South Carolina

Colorado

Louisiana

Tennessee

Michigan

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Utah

Mississippi

U.S. Virgin Islands

 Delaware

Montana

Washington

Federated States of Micronesia

Nevada

West Virginia

North Carolina

Needs Intervention:

Bureau of Indian Education

New Mexico

District of Columbia

New York

Maine

Vermont

A map of the contiguous U.S. with Hawaii and Alaska. States that meet IDEA Part B requirements are colored green, states that need assistance for one year are yellow, states that need assistance for two or more consecutive years are colored orange and states that need intervention are colored red.
A visual of the U.S. territories: Republic of Marshall Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and a note that the Bureau of Indian Education is not pictured. Territories that meet IDEA Part B requirements are colored green, territories that need assistance for one year are yellow, territories that need assistance for two or more consecutive years are colored orange and territories that need intervention are colored red.

Advance IDEA coalition is a national partnership of five established, experienced, disability advocacy organizations committed to advancing equitable, high-quality public education and improving outcomes for students with disabilities. 
 

The Center for Learner Equity

The Arc of the United States

National Center for Learning Disabilities

Council for Exceptional Children

Council of Parent Attorneys & Advocates

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