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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
This case highlights the fact that the right to education is civil in nature. Also discrimination should not be allowed in the school environment. -
Medicaid
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Social Security Act Amendments, popularly known as the Medicare bill. It established Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, and Medicaid, a health insurance program for the poor. Also provided financing for health services for many low-income handicapped infants and toddlers -
Early Periodic Screening, Detection and Treatment
Periodic developmental and behavioral screening during early childhood is essential to identify possible delays in growth and development, when steps to address deficits can be most effective. This program helps parents diagnose their child prior to enrolling them. Making all parties aware of the education requirements. -
"First Chance Network" and Head Start programs.
Preschools for handicapped children were
created in the 1970s under the "First Chance Network"
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PARC v. Penn
Called for students with disabilities to be placed in publicly funded school settings that met their individual educational needs, based on proper and thorough evaluation. The procedural protections in the decree that followed this became the basis for the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) enacted in 1975 -
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
That no child eligible for a publicly supported education shall be excluded from a regular public school assignment unless such child is provided (a) adequate alternative educational services suited to the child's needs and (b) a constitutionally adequate prior hearing and periodic review of the child's status, progress, and the adequacy of any educational alternative. -
Congressional investigation of the education system
Major findings include: a conservative estimate of the number of gifted and talented from the total elementary and secondary school population of 51.6 million is 1.5 to 2.5 million; existing services for the gifted serve only a small percentage of the total; 21 states have legislation to provide services but in many cases this merely represents intent -
President Ford signs Public Law 94-142
To insure publicly funded special education and related services for all handicapped children no later than 1978, (2) to insure the rights of handicapped children and their parents and guardians; (3) to relieve the special education financial burden of state and local governments, and (4) to assess and insure the effectiveness of efforts to educate handicapped children. (IM) -
Handicapped Children’s Protection Act
President Reagan signed the Handicapped Children’s Protection Act, a law that gave parents of children with disabilities more say in the development of their child’s Individual Education Plan, or IEP. (https://educationonline.ku.edu/community/idea-timeline) -
New opportunities to serve young children with special needs
provided incentive grants to serve
children from the age of 3 years, this new law represents
the first major federal legislation affecting early interventions. In addition to replacing the preschool incentive grants
with a national mandate that all handicapped children be
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Period: to
Congress' 4 year goal
Congress has authorized $125 million
for fiscal years 1987 and 1988 and "such sums as may be
necessary" for the following years. "to enhance the
development of handicapped infants and toddlers and to
minimize their potential for developmental delay. The
hope is "to reduce the educational costs to our society; minimizing the need for special education and
related services after handicapped infants and toddlers
reach school age. -
changes to Public Law 94-142, or the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Traumatic brain injury and autism were added as new disability categories. Additionally, Congress mandated that as a part of a student’s IEP, an individual transition plan, or ITP, must be developed to help the student transition to post-secondary life. (https://educationonline.ku.edu/community/idea-timeline) -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
President Clinton reauthorized IDEA with several key amendments that emphasized providing all students with access to the same curriculum, additionally, states were given the authority to expand the “developmental delay” definition from birth through five years of age to also include students between the ages of six and nine. (https://educationonline.ku.edu/community/idea-timeline) -
Congress amended IDEA
Required states to demand that local school districts shift up to 15% of their special education funds toward general education if it were determined that a disproportionate number of students from minority groups were placed in special education for reasons other than disability. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008
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