Historical Timeline for Students with Exceptionalities

By lateetra1

  • Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

    Brown v. Board of Education (1954), now acknowledged as one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century, unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.Brown claimed that Topeka's racial segregation violated the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause because the city's black and white schools were not equal to each other.

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    To ensure that the rights of children with disabilities and parents of such children are protected. To assess, and ensure the effectiveness of, efforts to educate children with disabilities.
    This act helps to protect students that have been diagnose with a disability. This will also help the educators and the families recieve what they need to ensure the students has the tools to be successful.

  • Americans With Disabilities Act

    The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a landmark civil rights law that addresses discrimination based on disability. Through the ADA disability is a recognized source of discrimination, similar to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin within the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    This law was put in place to protect people with disabilities no matter their race, or color. This law also helps students that have barriers.

  • Lester H. v. Gilhool, 1990

    The plaintiff, Lester H. is a profoundly disabled twelve-year-old with severe behavioral problems. In April, 1986, the School District applied to the Devereux Foundation and the Wordsworth Academy. Both schools rejected Lester.

  • Oberti v. Board of Educ. 1993

    Children with disabilities are entitled to be educated in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) that is appropriate to meet their needs. In this case, the Court adopted a two part test to determine whether a child has been placed in the least restrictive environment. It must first be determined whether education in the regular classroom, with the use of supplementary aids and services, can be achieved satisfactorily.