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Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children is a professional association of educators dedicated to advancing the success of children with exceptionalities. We accomplish our mission through advocacy, standards, and professional development. -
Legislation for Mental Health Care
President John F. Kennedy created a panel in 1961 for Mental Retardation. The panel discussed for 8 months and created the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendment to the Social Security Act. This was signed by the President. It was the first major legislation to combat mental illness and intellectual disabilities. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The act was to provide additional resources for vulnerable students. It offered new grants to districts serving low-income students, federal grants for textbooks and library books, created special education centers, and created scholarships for low-income college students. The law also provided federal grants to state educational agencies to improve the quality of education. -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (commonly referred to as Section 504) is a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Those programs include public school districts, institutions of higher education, and other state and local education agencies.
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Education Amendments Act
By signing into law the Education Amendments of 1974 (P.L. 93-380),President Gerald Ford has cleared the way for increased Federal spending for education of handicapped children. Extension of the Education of the Handicapped Act carries through Fiscal Year 1977. -
All Handicapped Children Act
This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental disabilities. Public schools were required to evaluate children with disabilities and create an educational plan with parent input that would emulate as closely as possible the educational experience of non-disabled students. -
PACER Center
PACER Center enhances the quality of life and expands opportunities for children, youth, and young adults with all disabilities and their families so each person can reach his or her highest potential. PACER operates on the principles of parents helping parents, supporting families, promoting a safe environment for all children, and working in collaboration with others. https://www.pacer.org/ -
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the most comprehensive federal civil rights statute protecting the rights of people with disabilities. It affects access to employment; state and local government programs and services; access to places of public accommodation such as businesses, transportation, and nonprofit service providers; and telecommunications.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. It governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. IDEA is a four-part piece of American legislation. -
No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act is a U.S. Act of Congress that includes Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students.It supported standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals could improve individual outcomes in education. It requires states to develop assessments in basic skills.
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IDEA 2004
IDEA 2004 is a United States law that mandates equity, accountability and excellence in education for children with disabilities. As of 2018, approximately seven million students enrolled in U.S. schools receive special education services due to a disability.They required schools to use research based interventions in the process of assisting students with learning difficulties, or determining eligibility for special education known as Response to Intervention (RTI). -
Every Student Succeeds Act
The ESSA retains the hallmark annual standardized testing requirements No Child Left Behind Act but shifts the law's federal accountability provisions to states. Under the law, students will continue to take annual tests between the third and eighth grades. All states must have a multiple-measure accountability system.
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