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Brown V Brown Board of Education
The Supreme Court Stripped away constitutional sanctions for segregation by race and made equal opportunity in education the law of the land.
The case has led away for growing understanding that all people, regardless of their race, gender, or disability, have the right to public education.
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Mills V Board of Education Of the District of Columbia
It was a landmark case brought against the Board of Education of the District of Columbia for excluding and denying students having behavioral problems or being mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, or hyperactive of public education. The court ruled that it is segregation outlawed by the Supreme Court in Brown.
The case paved the way for free public education for each child with a disability.
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Vocational Rehabilitation Act -Section 504
The act requires equal opportunities for people with disabilities in programs that receive federal financial assistance. The focus is on vocational rehabilitation services, employment support, and independent living assistance to people with disabilities. -
Family Educational Right and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The law that protects the privacy of student education records. it gives the parents or eligible students the right to request educational records. The provision serves as a foundation for additional confidentiality to all students receiving special education and related serves under IDEA. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act, PL 94-142
The law required all public schools to accept federal funds to provide equal access to education and mandated that they should be placed in the least restrictive educational environment possible. In the year following the passage, disabled children did gain a greater access to more inclusive education. -
The Individual with Disability Education Act (IDEA)
The IDEA is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible student with a disability. It governs how state agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. The IDEA has six pillars which are: IEP, FAPE, LRE, Appropriate evaluation, Parent and teachers, and procedural guidelines.
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Hudson V Rowley
It was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court. Amy Rowley was a deaf student who has been denied the provision of a sign interpreter. The school board decided that she was achieving educationally, academically, and socially. Amy Rowley's parents contested the decision and the court ruled that Amy was being denied appropriate education. It was the first official interpretation of "Appropriate" in FAPE. -
The American with Disability Act (ADA)
The ADA is a civil law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of life, including schools, jobs, transportation, and all public and private places. ADA law is very broad, it covers people who use wheelchairs, people with food allergies, anxiety. depression, HIV, and diabetes. It also protects children participating in activities outside the school, such as camps. -
IDEA Reauthorization
The law made significant changes in parental placed private school students with disabilities. The changes cover, consultation, no individual entitlement to services, and proper development of IEP. -
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
It is a law that seeks to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged students and close the achievement gap between subgroups including students in special education, English language learners, and low-income children.
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IDEA 2004
The main purpose is to improve the educational needs of students with disabilities. The major changes are in methods of identifying students with learning disabilities, early intervention, discipline, meeting accessibility standards, and highly qualified teachers.
