Department of Education

IDEA and FERPA Crosswalk

This 2022 document from the U.S. Department of Education is a side-by-side comparison of the legal provisions and definitions in IDEA Part B, IDEA Part C and FERPA. It is intended to help differentiate these statutes and provide a comparisons for the shared definitions.

View the IDEA and FERPA Crosswalk.

Published December 2022.