The Education Service Center of Cuyahoga County has provided some useful links to offer resource information at the state and federal level in the areas of Laws and Legislative Resources.

STATE

Elementary and Secondary Education

• Bullying Policy
• Operating Standard for Ohio’s Schools 
• Parent and Family Involvement Policy
• Ohio Revised Code

Special Education 

• Operating Standards for Students with Disabilities , July 2008 Whose IDEA is This? – A Resource Guide for Parents - August 29, 2008 [pdf] 
  

• Optional Special Education Forms

  • Form OP-1: Functional Behavior Assessment
  • Form OP-2: Behavior Intervention Plan
  • Form OP-3: Manifestation Determination
  • Form OP-4: Agreement to Waive Reevaluation
  • Form OP-5: Parent/Guardian Excusal
  • Form OP-6: Progress Report
  • Form OP-7: Assignment of a Surrogate Parent
  • Form OP-8: Summary of Performance
  • Form OP-9: Attempts to Obtain Parent Participation
    
• Whose IDEA is This? - A Resource Guide for Parents - June 26, 2009 Albanian [pdf]\
• Whose IDEA is This? -  A Resource Guide for Parents - July 1, 2008 Arabic [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? - A Resource Guide for Parents - June 26, 2009 Simple Chinese [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? - A Resource Guide for Parents - June 26, 2009 Traditional Chinese [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? - A Resource Guide for Parents - June 26, 2009 Japanese [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? - A Resource Guide for Parents - June 26, 2009 Korean [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? -  A Resource Guide for Parents - July 1, 2008 Russian [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? -  A Resource Guide for Parents - July 1, 2008 Somoli [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? – A Resource Guide for Parents - July 1, 2008 Spanish [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? – A Resource Guide for Parents - July 1, 2008 Ukranian [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? - A Resource Guide for Parents - June 26, 2009 Vietnamese [pdf]
• Whose IDEA is This? – A Resource Guide for Parents - July 1, 2008 Accessible Format [link]  

Elementary and Secondary Education

• No Child Left Behind
  • Statute  
  • Regulations

Special Education

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
  • Statute
  • Regulations
• Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – Section 504