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Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public school is unconstitutional and put an end to it. This began the movement of equality in education. -
Diana v. State Board of Education
This helped fix the misclassification of students in special education. It made sure IQ tests were unbiased and given in the student's proper language. -
Mills v. Board of Education
This made it unconstitutional to deny students with disabilities. It gave children with disabilities equal access to education. -
Armstrong v. Kline
Parents of students realized their children in special education started to regress during summer. It was ruled in favor of plaintiffs and put in place an extended school year. ESY was available to children with any disability. -
Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
School sued because the interpreter was taken away from deaf students. The court ruled in favor of the school because Amy Rowley was succeeding without the interpreter. The case offered a new interpretation of FAPE. It clarified that students don't have to have maximum support but enough to benefit in education. -
Timothy W v. Rochester School District
A student was denied special education services due to the school feeling that the disability was too severe to benefit from. This led to the Zero-rejection policy which meant that no school could deny a child special education services regardless of how severe the disability is. -
Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1990
Traumatic brain injury and autism were added as new categories of disability. The transition for students 16 years or older was also added. The "people first" language began. -
The Idea Amendments of 1997
Changed the IEP team and added new components. This also reorganized the structure of IDEA. It began requiring states to offer intervention efforts to parents before due processing hearings. -
No Child Left Behind Act of 2002
This was the reaction to the low academic achievement of American students. The academic gains for students began to be held as the governments responsibility. It began standardized testing and is a very controversial law to this day. -
Endrew F v. Douglas County School District
Parents sued school for tuition to a private school due to the schools inability to provide a meaningful education. The courts were left confused because of terminology which led to a debate of what schools were required to provide to students. The court ruled in favor of a higher standard of education for students with disabilities.
