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Compulsory Education Law of 1852
Required every city and town in Massachusetts to offer primary school, focusing on grammar and basic arithmetic. By 1918, every state had a Compulsory Attendance Law. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Declared that all people born in the United States were now citizens regardless of race, color or previous condition. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation. Public facilities have to be equal in quality. -
Compulsory Attendance Law
By 1918, every state had a Compulsory Attendance Law. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Supreme Court found that segregated public schools are unequal. -
Bureau of Education for Handicapped
The purpose is to strengthen and coordinate activities on behalf of students with disabilities. -
Wisconsin vs. Yoder
Amish parents were exempt from such laws past 8th grade. Also, those who are homeschooled are also exempt as long as they follow and meet the standards. -
PARC vs. Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is responsible for providing free public education to all children. No child regardless of his/her disability could be turned down. -
Mills vs. D.C. Board of Education
The Board of Education cannot violate rights at due process and has an obligation to provide education for all students. -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Prohibits disability discrimination. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Later reauthorized as IDEA. -
Board of Ed. of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist. v. Rowley
Defined free appropriate public education. -
Irving Independent School District v. Amber Tatro
Supreme Court found that a medical treatment is a related service under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act and that the school is required to provide it. -
Burlington Sch. Committee v. Mass. Board of Ed.
Clarifies procedural safeguards, parent roles in educational decision making, tuition reimbursement for private placement, and child's placement during dispute about FAPE. -
Honig v. Doe
Discipline case on behalf of emotionally disturbed children who had academic and social problems. -
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Prohibits disability discrimination by public entities. -
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
Free and appropriate education -
Americans with Disability Act
Civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of life. -
No Child Left Behind