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CEC Advocacy group
The Council for Exceptional Children is an organization that is considered the first advocacy group for children with disabilities. The group came from New York City in 1922. It is one of the largest advocacy groups. The main objective of CEC is to ensure that children with special needs receives FAPE. -
NARC
The National Association for Retarted Citizens was created in 1950. NARC was formed by 23 individual advocacy groups that believed in one thing, so they joined forces to be great. NARC helps with litigation and seeing that critical precedents through judicial process is met. -
Brown vs Board of Education
"Separate is not equal" This court case brought attention not only to black and white in schools, but also special needs students vs. normal students. Many advocacy groups were formed to help inform the nation of the problem with the US special education programs. -
Section 504
This act allows protection from discrimination against special needs and disabilities. This law is considered the first law put into place giving protection to students with special needs. -
REI
A movement during the 1980s to try and correct the limitations of IDEA by eliminating separate special education programs and creating one system of general education in which students with disabilities were to be supported within general education classrooms. -
IDEA
This law included 6 pillars: FAPE, LRE, IEP, evaluation, parent/student participation, and procedural safeguards for all participants. As the nation's special education law, IDEA provides rights and protections to children with disabilities and to their parents or legal guardians. -
NCLB
No Child Left Behind was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002. This law calls for all students to be proficient in math and reading by the year 2014. This law has been seen both negatively and positively. Some states are even partitioning to opt out of NCLB.
