History of Educational Legislation in Disability Harassment

By lbenner1

  • Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights Act was passed by JFK to protect from minority discrimination

  • Educational Amendments of 1972

    Title IX protects against sexual discrimination

  • Rehabilitation Act of 1973

    Section 504's mother document was created

  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    First disabilities education legislation (now known as IDEA)

  • Section 504

    Rehabilitation Act of 1973 includes provisions of Section 504

  • Alexander v. Yale Case

    First sexual assault case involving an educational setting

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    EACHA amended to IDEA

  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Act for all disabled persons including federal and government agencies (including schools)

  • Glen Ridge Rape Case

    First major televised case involving sexual abuse of a high school student with disabilities

  • Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education Case

    Major Title IX case that led to the creation of the five-part liability test for peer-on-peer harassment

  • K.M. ex re. D.G. v. Hyde Park Central School District Case

    Disability harassment case settled in district court for peer-on-peer harassment

  • Werth v. Board of Directors of the Public Schools of the City of Milwaukee Case

    Case used in tandem with Davis case to create five-part liability test