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Even before the 1930s, children with disabilities are not largely accepted in schools and no accommodations exist for them. These children are mostly taught at home wherever possible, but they wish they can go to school.
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Racial segregation in the school system is outlawed by the Supreme Court, allowing African-American children and other minorities to attend schools alongside their white counterparts.
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The Supreme Court of Illinois finds that the State should not hold someone liable for paying educational fees if the child is disabled, esp. in the case of the defendant. Department of Public Welfare v. Haas, 15 Ill. 2d 204, 154 N.E.2d 265 (Ill. 1958)
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Vocational Rehabilitation is authorized to provide training and an appropriate education for the disabled, as defined.
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Education of handicapped children can now include children ages 3-5, and laws prohibit discrimination against those with handicaps and disabilities.
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- Replaces EAHCA, establishes person-
first language, expands special education
services and provisions for due process
and confidentiality. - Adds autism and
traumatic brain injury categories - Provides bilingual education
- Requires transition services and planning
- Replaces EAHCA, establishes person-
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- Public schools under this act were held accountable for the performance of students and were funded according, primarily with standardized test performance as a major factor.
- Parents had more of a choice of which school in which to enroll their children, esp. based on such properties as standardized testing performance.