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Sarah Roberts v Boston
Sarah RobertsLike the black children shown in this engraving, Sarah Roberts was denied entrance to school because of her color. “Turned Away from School,” Anti-Slavery Almanac, Boston, 1839 -
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14th amendment to the US Constitution
14th amandment Basis for several Federal Supreme Court Cases about education -
Homer Plessy (Plessey v Ferguson)
legal segregationSeparate but equal clause. Gave legal right for segregation in the US. The start of the Jim Crow era begins here -
Brown v Board of Education
brwon v board of education First real step for equal education of children in the US. https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Arzs26O6iZlu.FpfzvPRr4abvZx4?fr=yfp-t-901-s&toggle=1&fp=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&p=brown%20vs%20board%20of%20education -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
ESSA Directly linked federal financial aid to educational programs to benefit the poor student and not the institution they are enrolled in. -
Pennsylvania Assn. for Retarded Children v.Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (PARC)and Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia. - See more at: http://www.wrightslaw.com/law/art/history.spec.ed.law.htm#sthash.1n70Bdsj.dpuf
students with disabilites refused to be taught due prohibitive costs Supreme Court of the US struck down those state laws deemed unconstitutional and ordered the states to include those students deemed "untrainable" in regular classes. (Foundation for IDEA). -
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
mills v board of education One of two landmark cases for the basis of chapter 504 of IDEA. Children were classified as "exceptional" so the District of Columbia didn't have to enroll those students with disabilites in class. Those rules were subsequently struck down. -
Section 504 of the rehibilitation act
Section 504No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 705(20) of this title, shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.Basis of the ADA of 1990 -
Public Law 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
Beginnings of IDEAPrevents schools from refusing to teach students with disabilites and informs these school systems what type of learning they are required to give. (Changed to The Individuals with Disabilites Education Act in 1997) -
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA First real law preventing people in the US with disabilites, from being discrimiated against. This meant equal opportunity available to everyone whether it is housing, employment, transportation, loans, or anything in the US. -
No Child Left Behind Act
NCLBRequires all schools recieving federal funding to ensure all students enrolled are positively progressing. Does not allow for the different learning abilities of the student without reguard for learning disability handicaps they may have. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
<a href='http://autismnow.org/in-the-classroom/individuals-with-disabilities-education-act/' > The bible for IDEA and FAPE. Details the requirements for teaching those students with disabilites, their rights, and their parents rights. It gives guidance on how those special students are to be treated in the classroom and how to properly affect their learning with IEP's. -
Reauthotizartion of the Americans with Disabilites aAct
