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Watson V. City of Cambridge
We may think that special education has always been "a thing", but that is just not the case. At one point in history, there were no laws to support/protect those students. This case supported the exclusion of students with disabilities. Those students were shunned and thought to be too much of a disturbance for "regular" students.
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Beattie V. Board of ed. of Antigo
Beattie vs. Board of Education, 1919 The Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds a ruling that a student could be excluded from a school-based on a disability. The student had a condition that caused drooling and facial contortions. Teachers found the student's presence in class "nauseating" (Yell, 1998). -
Buck V. Bell
A decision of the United States Supreme Court, written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in which the Court ruled that a state statute permitting compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the intellectually disabled, "for the protection and health of the state" did not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court has never expressly overturned Buck v. Bell. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/buck-v-bell-1927 -
Brown V. Board of Education
the U.S. Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for students of different races to be unconstitutional. The decision dismantled the legal framework for racial segregation in public schools and Jim Crow laws, which limited the rights of African Americans, particularly in the South.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) was a Great Society program enacted in 1965 that allocates federal funding for primary and secondary school education and forbs the establishment of a national curriculum. This Act also provided a mechanism to hold schools accountable and increase equality in education nationally. The current reauthorization of this bill is the No Child Left Behind Act, which was signed into law in 2001.
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P.A.R.C. and Mills
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (PARC) and Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia. PARC dealt with the exclusion of children with mental retardation from public schools. In the subsequent settlement, it was agreed that educational placement decisions must include a process of parental participation and a means to resolve disputes.
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P.A.R.C. V. Pennsylvania
One important effect of this lawsuit was its legal precedence. PARC v. Pennsylvania was the first significant challenge to education laws in the United States that excluded students with disabilities. At the time, many other states had similar laws in place that prevented children with disabilities from receiving a free public education. The ruling in PARC v. Pennsylvaniaopened the door for many similarly successful cases opposing these laws across the country.
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Mills V. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia (1972) was one of two important federal trial court rulings that helped to lay the foundation that eventually led to the passage of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA), now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), laws that changed the face of American education.
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Education for all Handicapped Children Act
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (sometimes referred to using the acronyms EAHCA or EHA, or Public Law (PL) 94-142) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1975. This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities.
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Board of Education V. Rowley
This case was brought on the behalf of Amy Rowley a young child with a hearing impairment. Amy was a child with only minimal residual hearing who attending a local elementary school. The school district provided hearing aids and instructional tutoring as part of Amy's IEP. The Education of the Handicapped Act (Act) provides federal money to assist state and local agencies in educating handicapped children.
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Honig V. Doe
In Honig v. Doe, the Supreme Court issued a strong decision in a discipline case on behalf of emotionally disturbed children with academic and social problems and clarified procedural safeguards designed to protect children and their families, parental role, stay put, and that schools shall not expel children for behaviours related to their disabilities.
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Timothy W.V. Rochester, New Hampshire, School District
case in which the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals on May 24, 1989, ruled that, under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA; now the Individuals with Disabilities Act [IDEA]), school boards were required to provide special education services to any disabled student regardless of the severity of his or her disabilities.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law that supports special education and related service programming for children and youth with disabilities. It was originally known as the Education of Handicapped Children Act, passed in 1975. In 1990, amendments to the law were passed, effectively changing the name to IDEA. https://www.washington.edu
