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Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (P.L. 89- 750)
Initiatives for low-income families apply to children who need support to benefit from public school education. -
Handicapped Children’s Early Education Assistance Act ( P.L. 90-538)
This new law will provide for the establishment of from 75 to 100 model programs designed to develop successful approaches in assisting preschool-aged handicapped. -
Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act.(P.L. 92-424)
The amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act to extend Head Start services to children with disabilities were head start and Early Head Start programs required to ensure that children occupy at least 10% of enrollment slots with disabilities. In fact, Head Start's founders and early pioneers recognized that both children with and without disabilities would benefit from participating together in the same classrooms. -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act (VRA)
Defined disabled persons and appropriate education prohibit discrimination in federally funded programs. Rehabilitation Act was the first disability civil rights law to be enacted in the United States. It prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in programs that receive federal financial assistance and sets the stage for enacting the Americans with Disabilities Act. -
Education for All Handicapped Children’s Act (P.L. 93-380)
State funding for students with disabilities and students who are gifted and talented, due process rights for students/families. -
Amendments to EHA (P.L. 99-457)
To authorize a new preschool program for three- to five-year-olds and an early intervention program for disabled infants and toddlers and other purposes. Extends free and appropriate education to children with disabilities (ages 3-5), establishes early intervention for infants/ toddlers with disabilities (ages birth to 2). -
The Americans with Disabilities Act (P.L.101-336)
Prohibits discrimination in the private sector, and protects equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities, includes AIDS as a disability. -
No child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
Increases accountability and flexibility in using federal funds offers school choice options and implements early reading interventions.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o0OP5jlvT8&feature=emb_logo
The video link above it's a video that will enlighten you on states and districts responsible for supporting and improving the quality of low-performing high schools. -
Amendments to IDEA (P.L.108-446)
Website link: https://sites.ed.gov/idea/about-idea/
In the link provided, it will explain in more detail everything you need to learn regarding IDEA, including history, purpose, and description. -
Every Student Succeeds Act (P.L. 114-95)
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama. This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the nation’s national education law, and longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students.
