The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and the General Services Administration (GSA) will adopt a new accessibility standard that will be applied to Federal buildings and facilities that they manage. The new standard is based upon the revisions of the Americans with Disabilities Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) developed by The U.S. Access Board. As Federal agencies USPS and GSA apply the accessibility standard of the ABA that will be enforced by the U.S. Access Board. The ADAAG portion of the guidelines are applied to private entities and state and local governments and are currently undergoing the rule making process to be adopted as an enforceable standard by the U.S. Department of Justice. The adopted standard will apply to a wide range of Federal facilities managed by the USPS and GSA and will apply to the design and construction of new facilities, and the alterations of existing facilities.

The U.S. Department of Education has issued new guidelines under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to allow flexibility for eligible states to adjust their progress goals for modified assessments for students with disabilities. These new guidelines are being issued as a result of research that indicates students with academic disabilities can make progress toward grade-level standards when they receive high-quality instruction and modified assessments that are not in accordance with common practices dictated under NCLB.