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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (P.L. 89-10)
Initiatives for low-income families, applies to children who need support to benefit from public school education https://ballotpedia.org/Elementary_and_Secondary_Education_Act_of_1965 -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act (VRA) (P.L. 93-112, Section 504)
Defined handicapped person and appropriate education, prohibits discrimination in federally funded programs. -
Educational Amendments Act (P.l.93-380)
State funding for students with disabilities and students with disabilities and students who are gifted and talented, due process rights for students/families. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EACHA) (P.L. 94-142, Part B)
Requires free and appropriate education for students with disabilities (ages 5-18) and IEPs, defines least restrictive environment. -
Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (P.L. 99-457)
Extends free and appropriate education to children with disabilities (ages 3-5), establishes early intervention for infants/toddlers with disabilities (ages birth to 2). -
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (P.L. 101-336)
Prohibits discrimination in the private sector and protects equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities, includes AIDS as a disability. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (P.L. 101-476)
Replaces EACHA, establishes person-first languages, expands special education services and provision for due process and confidential, adds autism and traumatic brain injury categories, provides bilingual education, requires transition services and planning. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (P.L. 105-17)
Requires students with disabilities to receive services even if expelled, allows use of developmental delay category through age 9, requires access to general education curriculum and state/district-wide testing, IEP team includes a general education teacher and a behavior plan (if warranted), offers mediation options, limits attorneys fees -
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
Increases accountability and flexibility in use of federal funds, offers school choice options, implements early reading interventions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0--2nhsDorg -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) (P.L. 108-446)
Allows RTI model to determine presence of a learning disability and no longer requires use of the severe discrepancy model, increases funding to early intervention services for students who do not require special education, eliminates IEP short-term objectives for some students, raises special education licensure standards, adopts polices to prevent over-representation of minority students in special education
