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Decision ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional. Ended federal tolerance of racial segregation, specifically dealt wit Linda Brown, an African American girl who had been denied admission to her local elementary school, because of the color of her skin.
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Guaranteed special education for
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Extended the right to special education to children of all disabilities
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Defines Handicap person and appropriate education. Prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities in federally funded programs
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Grants federal funds to states for programming for exceptional learners, provide first federal funding of state programs for gifted and talented students
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Known as the Mainstreaming Law, Requires individualized education programs (IEPs)
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Clarified the definition of F A P E
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Requires states to extend free and appropriate education to children with disabilities (Age 3-5)
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Schools cannot expel students for behaviors related to their disability
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Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector. Protects equal opportunity to employment and public services, accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications, defines disability to include people with AIDS
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Renames and replaces PL 94-142 (EAHCA)
Establishes people first language for referring to people with disabilities. Extends special education services to include social work, assistive technology, and rehabilitation services.
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All students with disabilities continue to receive services, even if they have been expelled from school. Requires students with disabilities to take part in statewide and districtwide assessments.
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Students must receive the supplemental services needed to attend school
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Allows districts to use the response to intervention (RTI) model for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability and no longer requires that a child have severe discrepancy between achievement and intellectual ability to qualify