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The case of Diana v. California State Board
The case of Diana v. California State Board results in new laws requiring that children referred for possible special education placement be tested in their primary language. -
The Education of All Handicapped Children Act
The Education of All Handicapped Children Act becomes federal law. It requires that a free, appropriate public education, suited to the student's individual needs, and offered in the least restrictive setting be provided for all "handicapped" children. States are given until 1978 to fully implement the law. -
The Emergency Immigrant Education Act
The Emergency Immigrant Education Act is enacted to provide services and offset the costs for school districts that have unexpectedly large numbers of immigrant students. -
The Bilingual Education Act,
The Bilingual Education Act, Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1968, was the first piece of U.S federal legislation that recognized the needs of Limited English Speaking Ability (LESA) students. It was the first federal legislation signed into law in the 1968 calendar year. While many states such as California and Texas already had local and state policies to help language minority students, the BEA established the first federal policy aiding students of LESA. -
The Immigration and Nationality Act
The Immigration Act of 1990 was signed into law by George H. W. it was a national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. It increased total, overall immigration to allow 700,000 immigrants to come to the U.S. per year for the fiscal years '92–'94 -
The Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)
The Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) is signed into law by President Bill Clinton on January 25th. It. reauthorizes the ESEA of 1965 and includes reforms for Title I; increased funding for bilingual and immigrant education; and provisions for public charter schools, drop-out prevention, and educational technology. -
The Oakland, California School District sparks controversy as it proposes that Ebonics be recognized as the native language of African American children.
In 1996 the Oakland Unified School District passed a
resolution declaring Ebonics to be the primary language of
the African-American students in its schools.
The resolution further declared Ebonics to be a language in
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the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) became the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), joining the trend toward use of the term intellectual disability in place of mental retardation.
After almost 5 decades of being called Mental Retardation, this influential journal in special education changed names to Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities under the leadership of Editor Steven J. Taylor. The journal's name change is a microcosm of society's ongoing struggle to find a socially acceptable way of addressing persons with an intellectual disability. -
President Obama joins the "too-much-testing" movement as his new plan calls for limiting "standardized testing to no more than 2% of class time."
President Barack Obama called for fewer, better tests in weekend announcement. President Barack Obama's weekend declaration that students should take fewer and better tests was welcomed by critics who say the current system goes too far. -
allowing schools to opt out of the above transgender bathroom directive.
A Texas judge has blocked an order by the US government that schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.
