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Brown v. Board of Education
This Supreme Court case ruled that a separate educational setting was inherently unequal. This ruling gave public schools permission to educate children with disabilities. -
PL 94-142
This landmark federal law, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, established that all children with disabilities have a right to free, appropriate, public education. -
The Supreme Court rules on PL 94-142
In Hudson v. Rowley, the Supreme Court ruled that schools do not necessarily have to provide education that will produce the maximum possible achievement for a student. -
Capitol Crawl Protest
Disability rights activists abandoned their wheelchairs and mobility devices and crawled up steps to the US Capitol Building in protest of delays in passing ADA. -
ADA
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed. This gives people the right to nondiscriminatory treatment, as well as rights in the areas of employment, transportation, public accommodations, state and local government, and telecommunications. -
IDEA
PL 94-142 was amended and became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. -
IDEA amended
IDEA was amended, but the name was not changed. -
NCLB
The No Child Left Behind Act was passed. This act required students with disabilities to take standardized tests and score similarly to students without disabilities. -
IDEIA
IDEA was reauthorized and became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. -
ESSA
NCLB morphed into the Every Student Succeeds Act. -
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District
In this Supreme Court case, it was ruled that schools must provide "more than de minimis".