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Plessy v. Feguson
his 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. It stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana law. -
Brown v. Board of Education
On May 17, 1954, the Court unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. The Brown case served as a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement, inspiring education reform everywhere and forming the legal means of challenging segregation in all areas of society. -
Title IV
Financial aid funds for higher education learning. -
No Child Left Behind Act
This pertained to the ELL studnets and made sure they got the proper education they derserved. -
Martin Luther King Jr v. Ann Arbor School Board
No state shall deny equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin. -
Education of all Handicapped Children Act
The first national piece of legislation mandating appropriate and free education for students with disabilities was signed into law by President Gerald Ford in November 1975. The law was to be in effect by September 1, 1978. This single piece of legislation has been the cornerstone of special education legislation for the past twenty-five years. Below you can read about the law and its impact on the major stakeholders involved in the education and lives of individuals with disabilities. -
Plyler v. Doe
In June 1982, the Supreme Court issued Plyler v. Doe, a landmark decision holding that states cannot constitutionally deny students a free public education on account of their immigration status. By a 5-4 vote, the Court found that any resources which might be saved from excluding undocumented children from public schools were far outweighed by the harms imposed on society at large from denying them an education. -
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Oregon law that compelled children aged eight to sixteen to attend not just a school, but the public schools. -
IDEA
IDEA is a federal law that requires schools to serve the educational needs of eligible students with disabilities. -
Every Child Succeds Act
Every child, regardless of race, income, background, the zip code where they live, deserves the chance to make of their lives what they will.
