Following a review of the legal and policy background for compliance monitoring, profiles are presented of juvenile and adult correctional facilities, pretrial detention centers and jails, and publically and privately operated group homes. Development of an annual monitoring plan requires the identification and selection of programs to be monitored, the establishment of screening criteria, and collection and analysis of targeting information. Areas to be monitored include the right to education, individualized education programs, confidentiality, least restrictive environment, and protection in evaluation. Also to be monitored are child identification, location, and evaluation, and the comprehensive system of personnel development. Additional subissues for monitoring are identified, and a checklist for monitoring individualized education programs is provided. Also included is a checklist for procedural safeguards.