The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act mandates that free, appropriate, public education (FAPE) be provided to children with educationally-defined disabilities. The Individualized Education Program (IEP) requirement (i.e., team meeting and document) is the method for providing FAPE to children. Previous research has failed to consider both the team meeting and document in attempts to understand team members' perceptions of the IEP requirement. This study used a newly created questionnaire to investigate team members' (N = 241) perceptions of the IEP requirement at three educational levels. Reliability and validity data on the questionnaire are provided. On average, teachers expressed more positive perceptions of the IEP requirement than did parents. Methods for improving team members' perceptions of the IEP process are included.
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