 
         CHAPTER 33--EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
 
         SUBCHAPTER III--INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES
 
Sec. 1431. Findings and policy


(a) Findings

    The Congress finds that there is an urgent and substantial need--
        (1) to enhance the development of infants and toddlers with 
    disabilities and to minimize their potential for developmental 
    delay;
        (2) to reduce the educational costs to our society, including 
    our Nation's schools, by minimizing the need for special education 
    and related services after infants and toddlers with disabilities 
    reach school age;
        (3) to minimize the likelihood of institutionalization of 
    individuals with disabilities and maximize the potential for their 
    independently living in society;
        (4) to enhance the capacity of families to meet the special 
    needs of their infants and toddlers with disabilities; and
        (5) to enhance the capacity of State and local agencies and 
    service providers to identify, evaluate, and meet the needs of 
    historically underrepresented populations, particularly minority, 
    low-income, inner-city, and rural populations.

(b) Policy

    It is therefore the policy of the United States to provide financial 
assistance to States--
        (1) to develop and implement a statewide, comprehensive, 
    coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency system that provides 
    early intervention services for infants and toddlers with 
    disabilities and their families;
        (2) to facilitate the coordination of payment for early 
    intervention services from Federal, State, local, and private 
    sources (including public and private insurance coverage);
        (3) to enhance their capacity to provide quality early 
    intervention services and expand and improve existing early 
    intervention services being provided to infants and toddlers with 
    disabilities and their families; and
        (4) to encourage States to expand opportunities for children 
    under 3 years of age who would be at risk of having substantial 
    developmental delay if they did not receive early intervention 
    services.

(Pub. L. 91-230, title VI, Sec. 631, as added Pub. L. 105-17, title I, 
Sec. 101, June 4, 1997, 111 Stat. 106.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1431, Pub. L. 91-230, title VI, Sec. 631, Apr. 13, 
1970, 84 Stat. 184; Pub. L. 98-199, Secs. 3(b), 11, Dec. 2, 1983, 97 
Stat. 1358, 1369; Pub. L. 99-457, title III, Sec. 308, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 
Stat. 1165; Pub. L. 100-630, title I, Sec. 104(b), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 
Stat. 3298; Pub. L. 101-476, title IV, Sec. 401, title IX, 
Sec. 901(b)(129)-(142), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1129, 1148; Pub. L. 
102-119, Secs. 9(a), (b), 25(a)(12), (b), Oct. 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 593, 
594, 606, 607; Pub. L. 102-421, title II, Sec. 202, Oct. 16, 1992, 106 
Stat. 2165; Pub. L. 102-569, title IX, Sec. 912(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 
Stat. 4486; Pub. L. 103-73, title III, Sec. 302, Aug. 11, 1993, 107 
Stat. 736; Pub. L. 103-218, title IV, Sec. 401, Mar. 9, 1994, 108 Stat. 
95, related to grants for personnel training, prior to the general 
amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by Pub. L. 105-17.


                             Effective Date

    Section 201(b) of Pub. L. 105-17 provided that: ``Part C of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [20 U.S.C. 1431-1445], as 
amended by title I, shall take effect on July 1, 1998.''
