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1959 The Training of Professional Personnel Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-158)
This act came into effect to help train educational leaders to educate children with learning disabilities. Acts of this nature allowed money from education grants to help with money toward training program administrators, teachers of children with disabilities, and personnel that worked with disabled children. This act emphasizes the benefits of teachers properly trained to help students with disabilities and trained educators and support systems around them.