To assist in upcoming deliberations on the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Center on Education Policy asked three outstanding experts in special education to write papers advising on whether and how IDEA should be changed. The resulting papers in this publication include: IDEA 2002 Reauthorization; An Opportunity To Improve Educational Results for Students with Disabilities (Thomas Hehir); IDEA Reauthorization: Its Time To Simplify and Focus on Performance (Lawrence C. Gloeckler); and Issues for Consideration in the Reauthorization of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Margaret J. McLaughlin). The three authors agree on the large issues facing special education and they propose some common solutions. The common problems they have identified are the following three: (1) the need for students with disabilities to improve academically; (2) the need for less paperwork and a less complex system to retain special education teachers; and (3) the need for increased funding for IDEA and for funding provided within general education to support a range of services for children who are having difficulty in school, so that fewer children will need to be referred to special education. Each paper includes references. (CR)