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First Federal Disability Law
The Fifth Congress authorizes the Marine Hospital Service to provide services to seamen whom are sick or disabled. Signed into law by President John Adams. -
Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
First permanent school for the deaf, opened by Gallaudet, Cogswell, and Clerc. -
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Compulsory Education Laws
Beginning with Massachusetts, states began developing laws requiring children to attend schools that were run by local cities and towns. Mississippi became the last state to enact compulsory education law in 1917. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Identified the needs of poor children, and provided federal funding to promote programs educating math, science and foreign languages. -
PARCv. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Class action lawsuit against the state board of education and local school districts, claiming certain laws that denied disabled students from access to a public education were unconstitutional.
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Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Also known as PL94-142, and signed into law by President Gerald Ford, required all schools that receive federal funds to provide equal access for all students to public education. The law also provided for the evaluation and development of an IEP geared to the student's individual goals and needs. -
Individuals with Disabilities Educaiton Act
IDEA was the reauthorization and amendment of PL94-142. Signed into law by President George H.W. Bush, expanded the disabilities recognized to include autism and traumatic brain injury, added requirements for transition planning for students age 16 and added related services of counseling and social work. -
Ammendemtns to IDEA
In 1997, ten amendments to IDEA were signed into law by President Bill Clinton. These changes included regulations on assessment, discipline, assistive technology, further expansions to transition planning, and changed the structure of the IEP. -
No Child Left Behind
This reauthorization of IDEA expanded the law to provide for equal accountability in schools for all students on assessments, including those with disabilities and limited English proficiency. It required reporting of achievement scores in grades 3-8 in reading and math to determine if they are making adequate yearly progress.
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Every Student Succeeds Act
The successor to NCLB, the ESEA expanded to requirements of assessment accountability of all students and added that assessments must be to high academic standards to prepare student for college and career fields. Promotes the use of Evidence Based Practices in education -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
Supreme Court decision that found separate but equal schools were unconstitutional. "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal"
